sport Command Examples

Search and install SlackBuilds. More information: http://slackermedia.info/handbook/doku.php?id=slackbuilds.

• Pull the list of SlackBuilds to run sport for the first time:

sudo mkdir {{[-p|--parents]}} /usr/ports && sudo rsync {{[-av|--archive --verbose]}} rsync://slackbuilds.org /slackbuilds/$(awk '{print $2}' /etc/slackware-version)/ /usr/ports/

• Pull in any updates to the system's tree via rsync:

sudo sport rsync

• Search for a package by name:

sport search "{{keyword}}"

• Check if a package is installed:

sport check {{package}}

• Display README and .info files of a package:

sport cat {{package}}

• Install a package once the dependencies are resolved:

sudo sport install {{package}}

• Install a list of packages from a file (format: packages separated by spaces):

sudo sport install $(< {{path/to/list}})