installfest distros

[Seneca]

On Sun, May 08, 2005 at 08:40:21PM -0400, William Park wrote:
> On Sun, May 08, 2005 at 05:44:20PM -0400, Steve A wrote:
> > Does Slackware have a package manager that can compare to either
> > Debians or SuSE's ? I think not, and that is an important
> > consideration -- don't forget we're talking for the most part about
> > NOVICE users. Last time I used Slack, one basically had to compile by
> > hand and look after one's own dependencies...
> > 
> > Have things changed in this regard with Slackware ?
> 
> Slackware has package manager; it's called 'tar'.  You can upgrade
> "live" in Slackware, just like any other distro.

Although I've never used Slackware, I have heard of swaret, which
appears to handle some package management tasks for it.  At the very
least, it claims to do what it can to ensure that the required libraries
for packages that are installed through it are installed (going by its
page on sf.net).  Any comments on how using it compares to package
management on other distros?

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