Slackware is notorious for a) shipping with many many packages built-in and b) being hard to install other packages as it has no native package and dependency management system. So installing the latest versions of nodejs and yarn on a Slackware machine is not necessarily trivial.
Here is how to do this using https://slackbuilds.org and sbopkg:
(Prerequisite: Install sbopkg from here: sbopkg : the slackbuilds.org package browser)
To install a package and all of its dependencies using sbopkg in queue mode on Slackware, you need to follow these steps:
- Sync the SlackBuilds repository: First, ensure that your local SlackBuilds repository is up to date. You can do this by running:
sbopkg -r
- Create a Queue File: If a queue file (which lists the package and its dependencies) does not already exist, you can generate one using
sqg(SlackBuilds Queue Generator). Replacepackage_namewith the name of the package you want to install:
sqg -p package_name
This command will generate a queue file for the package and its dependencies.
3. Install the Package and Dependencies in Queue Mode: Once the queue file is ready, you can install the package along with all its dependencies using the following command:
sbopkg -i package_name.sqf
Alternatively, you can specify the queue file directly:
sbopkg -i queue/package_name.sqf
This will build and install the package along with all the necessary dependencies specified in the queue file.