sbopkg gui

sbopkg_gui is a graphical user interface for sbopkg,
a package manager for Slackware Linux.

Perfectly integrates into the sbopkg environment and
extends sbopkg with handy features.
Browse existing SlackBuilds with normal user privileges.
Dependency resolution by recursively traversing the REQUIRES fields.
Aware of packages that were installed from other sources
than SlackBuilds.org.

Of course, sbopkg is required to be installed:

upgradepkg --install-new sbopkg-*.tgz
sbopkg -r

Here is a link to the latest version of sbopkg_gui:

The package can be installed using the following command:

upgradepkg --install-new sbopkg_gui-*.tgz

2021-05-12
- Ready for the upcoming Slackware 15.0.
2021-05-08
- PyQt5 is used by default. If PyQt5 is not installed, PyQt(4) will be used.
2018-07-28
- The column "required by" in the upgrade dialog shows
  installed packages that depend on the package
  that can be chosen to upgrade.
2018-07-22
- Added a dialog for upgrades to choose upgraded packages
  for installation.
2017-08-10
- Show last changes from ChangeLog.txt if no package is selected.
2017-06-06
- To show the contents of README files, the default message box
  has been replaced by a convenient dialog.
2017-05-06
- Replaced os.system with subprocess.call to show
  an error if the given call throws an exception.
- Improved the options dialog, which is used to set build options
  for each SlackBuild.
2017-05-03
- Improved comparison of the installed version of a package with
  the latest available version.
- Added error messages to show incorrect settings.
2017-05-01
- QSettings is used to store user defined configuration in
  $HOME/.config/sbopkg_gui.conf.
- This configuration can be customized by clicking the corresponding
  button in the tool bar.
- Size and position of the main window are saved.
2017-02-18
- Minor changes in config file loading.
2016-12-04
- The search is now case-insensitive.
2016-08-18
- Added a missing blank character when packages to upgrade
  introduce new dependencies.
2016-06-21
- The application could not start if /var/log/packages contains files
  that should not be there.