<s>
slapt-get	B-Application
is	O
an	O
APT-like	O
package	B-Application
management	I-Application
system	I-Application
for	O
Slackware	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Slapt-get	B-Application
tries	O
to	O
emulate	O
the	O
features	O
of	O
Debian	O
's	O
(	O
apt-get	B-Application
)	O
as	O
closely	O
as	O
possible	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Released	O
under	O
the	O
terms	O
of	O
the	O
GNU	B-License
General	I-License
Public	I-License
License	I-License
,	O
slapt-get	B-Application
is	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
slapt-get	B-Application
builds	O
functionality	O
on	O
top	O
of	O
the	O
native	O
Slackware	B-Application
package	O
tools	O
(	O
installpkg	O
,	O
upgradepkg	O
and	O
removepkg	O
)	O
enabling	O
package	O
query	O
,	O
remote	O
fetching	O
,	O
system	O
updates	O
,	O
integrated	O
changelog	O
information	O
,	O
and	O
many	O
optional	O
advanced	O
features	O
such	O
as	O
dependency	B-Application
resolution	O
,	O
package	O
conflicts	O
,	O
suggestions	O
,	O
checksum	O
and	O
public	O
key	O
verification	O
,	O
and	O
transfer	O
resumption	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
slapt-get	B-Application
uses	O
the	O
libcurl	O
cURL	B-Language
library	O
for	O
transport	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
slapt-get	B-Application
also	O
uses	O
the	O
GNU	B-Application
Privacy	I-Application
Guard	I-Application
library	O
to	O
validate	O
signatures	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
slapt-get	B-Application
provides	O
a	O
simple	O
configuration	O
file	O
format	O
that	O
includes	O
an	O
exclusion	O
mechanism	O
for	O
use	O
with	O
the	O
system	O
upgrade	O
option	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
declarations	O
for	O
all	O
desired	O
package	O
sources	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Each	O
package	O
source	O
can	O
optionally	O
be	O
tagged	O
with	O
a	O
specific	O
priority	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
override	O
the	O
package	O
version	O
comparison	O
and	O
honor	O
upstream	O
software	O
downgrades	O
as	O
might	O
be	O
the	O
case	O
when	O
Slackware	B-Application
reverts	O
to	O
a	O
previous	O
version	O
of	O
a	O
package	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
slapt-get	B-Application
does	O
not	O
provide	O
dependency	B-Application
resolution	O
for	O
packages	O
included	O
within	O
the	O
Slackware	B-Application
distribution	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
does	O
,	O
however	O
,	O
provide	O
a	O
framework	O
for	O
dependency	B-Application
resolution	O
in	O
Slackware	B-Application
compatible	O
packages	O
similar	O
in	O
fashion	O
to	O
the	O
hand-tuned	O
method	O
APT	B-Application
utilizes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Several	O
package	O
sources	O
and	O
Slackware	B-Application
based	O
distributions	O
take	O
advantage	O
of	O
this	O
functionality	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hard	O
,	O
soft	O
,	O
and	O
conditional	O
dependencies	B-Application
along	O
with	O
package	O
conflicts	O
and	O
complementary	O
package	O
suggestions	O
can	O
be	O
expressed	O
using	O
the	O
slapt-get	B-Application
framework	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Adding	O
dependency	B-Application
information	O
requires	O
no	O
modification	O
to	O
the	O
packages	O
themselves	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
slapt-get	B-Application
then	O
parses	O
this	O
file	O
during	O
source	O
downloads	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Typically	O
,	O
third	O
party	O
packages	O
store	O
the	O
dependency	B-Application
information	O
within	O
the	O
package	O
itself	O
for	O
later	O
extraction	O
into	O
the	O
PACKAGES.TXT	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
inclusion	O
of	O
this	O
information	O
within	O
the	O
Slackware	B-Application
package	O
format	O
does	O
not	O
inhibit	O
the	O
ability	O
for	O
Slackware	B-Application
pkgtools	O
to	O
install	O
these	O
packages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
slapt-get	B-Application
works	O
with	O
official	O
Slackware	B-Application
mirrors	O
and	O
third	O
party	O
package	O
repositories	O
such	O
as	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
slapt-get	B-Application
looks	O
for	O
support	O
files	O
,	O
PACKAGES.TXT	O
and	O
CHECKSUMS.md5	O
,	O
in	O
the	O
repository	O
for	O
package	O
information	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
files	O
can	O
be	O
extended	O
,	O
as	O
discussed	O
in	O
the	O
previous	O
section	O
,	O
to	O
add	O
dependency	B-Application
listings	O
,	O
conflict	O
information	O
,	O
and	O
package	O
suggestions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GSlapt	O
is	O
a	O
GTK+	B-Application
frontend	O
to	O
libslapt	O
,	O
the	O
slapt-get	B-Application
library	O
which	O
provides	O
advanced	O
package	B-Application
management	I-Application
for	O
Slackware	B-Application
and	O
its	O
derivatives	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Inspired	O
by	O
the	O
functionality	O
present	O
in	O
Synaptic	B-Language
,	O
Gslapt	O
aims	O
to	O
bring	O
the	O
ease	O
of	O
use	O
enjoyed	O
by	O
Debian	O
and	O
its	O
derivatives	O
to	O
the	O
Slackware	B-Application
world	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GSlapt	O
was	O
written	O
primarily	O
to	O
supersede	O
the	O
vlapt	O
(	O
x	O
)	O
dialog	O
slapt-get	B-Application
frontend	O
used	O
by	O
VectorLinux	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Besides	O
Slackware	B-Application
,	O
slapt-get	B-Application
and	O
GSlapt	O
are	O
included	O
by	O
several	O
other	O
distributions	O
,	O
including	O
:	O
</s>
