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These scripts are for people who want an alternative to the official Slackware provided makepkg.

Why would you want that?

• To be able to create Slackware packages with root-owned files, even when run as a regular user.
• To be able create Slackware packages on non-Slackware based systems without the need to port Pkgtools and its dependencies (e.g. tar-1.13). Some examples being:
  • Projects (or proprietary software vendors) that want to be able to provide binary Slackware packages, where their build/packaging system is on another distro.
  • People who want to pair a package creation script with spkg to use as a secondary package manger on a non-Slackware based distro. This gives the advantage of simple packaging scripts (.SlackBuilds) for additional, self-compiled software.

Two versions are provided:

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#!/bin/bash
# latest-chrome Version 1.5

# This script will find the latest Google Chrome binary package,
# download it and repackage it into Slackware format.

# I don't use Chrome for regular browsing but it is handy for
# comparative tests against Vivaldi. :P

# Copyright 2018 Ruari Oedegaard, Oslo, Norway

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#!/bin/bash
# latest-firefox Version 1.6.3
# Contributer: drgibbon (thanks!)

# This script will find the latest Firefox binary package, download it
# and repackage it into Slackware format.

# I don't use Firefox for regular browsing but it is handy for
# comparative tests against Vivaldi. :P

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#!/bin/bash
# Multichrome Version 0.7.1

# This script will find the latest Unstable, Beta or Stable Google
# Chrome package, download it and repackage it into a generic tar
# format. It allows for multiple versions to be installed side by side.

# I don't use Chrome for regular browsing but it is handy for
# comparative tests against Opera. :P

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#!/bin/sh
#
# getupdates (0.9.6) - A script to fetch updates for Slackware stable
#
#           DO WHAT THE FUCK YOU WANT TO PUBLIC LICENSE
#                   Version 2, December 2004
#
# Copyright (C) 2017 Ruari Oedegaard, Oslo, Norway
# 
# Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim or modified

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#!/usr/bin/env bash
#
# op2slk Version 0.9.15
#
# This is a script to convert Opera Linux Generic (cross distro) tar
# packages into the Slackware package format.
# 
# Use as follows: 'op2slk operapackage'
# 
# Recent stable and beta versions of Opera can be downloaded from:

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#!/bin/bash
# latest-opera Version 2.1

# This script will find the latest Opera stable binary package,
# download it and repackage it into Slackware format.

# Copyright 2018 Ruari Oedegaard, Oslo, Norway
# All rights reserved.
#
# Redistribution and use of this script, with or without modification, is

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#!/bin/bash
RPMHDRLGTH=$(LC_CTYPE=C grep -abom1 '.7zXZ\|]'$'\000\000''....'$'\377\377\377\377\377\377''\|BZh9\|'$'\037\213\b' "$1")
case "$RPMHDRLGTH" in
  *7zXZ) COMPRESSOR=xz ;;
  *]*)   COMPRESSOR=lzma ;;
  *BZh9) COMPRESSOR=bzip2 ;;
  *)     COMPRESSOR=gzip ;;
esac
tail -c+$[${RPMHDRLGTH%:*}+1] "$1" | $COMPRESSOR -d

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#!/bin/bash
mkdir -p ${1%.rpm} || exit 1
RPMHDRLGTH=$(LANG=C grep -abom1 '.7zXZ\|]'$'\000\000''....'$'\377\377\377\377\377\377''\|BZh9\|'$'\037\213\b' "$1")
case "$RPMHDRLGTH" in
  *7zXZ) COMPRESSOR=xz ;;
  *]*)   COMPRESSOR=lzma ;;
  *BZh9) COMPRESSOR=bzip2 ;;
  *)     COMPRESSOR=gzip ;;
esac
tail -c+$[${RPMHDRLGTH%:*}+1] "$1" | $COMPRESSOR -d | ( cd ${1%*.rpm} ; cpio --quiet -imd )

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#!/bin/bash
# standalonechrome Version 0.2.1

# This script will extract the contents of a Google Chrome rpm package
# into a folder, from which it be can run in a self contained fashion,
# i.e. the profile (settings) will also be saved in the same location.

# I don't use Chrome for regular browsing but it is handy for
# comparative tests against Opera. :P