ABOUT SLACKBUILD CENTRAL

Many people like rolling their own packages. But most don't have the time or inclination to work out the optimal configure and build options for each package. Using other people's SlackBuild scripts is the obvious solution, yet sites such as LinuxMafia.org (now LinuxPackages.net) tend NOT to include SlackBuild scripts in source directories (if there's a source directory at all). In fact, these sites often use non-standard building formats such as checkinstall, protopkg and customised SlackBuild spin-offs. While these do have a certain appeal, non-standard package-building formats need to be configured and built themselves. And even then they sometimes simply "won't work" with certain types of tarballs.

Not so with SlackBuild scripts. Because each script is written to suit each individual package, it's guaranteed to work with any "compileable" source. Above all, SlackBuild scripts are THE standard Slackware package-building method. Patrick Volkerding himself created and continues to use SlackBuild scripts in his latest Slackware distributions. And if it's good enough for Pat...!

 

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