Selecting the right medium
There are three ways to install Slackbuilder.
- usbboot.img
- package manager
- rootfs
The Installer can install x86_64, i686, armv7, aarch64 plus current all from a single medium.
Usbboot Images
- usbboot-x86_64-14.2.img - Size 150.00M - Updated 2020-01-03 09:53:52
- usbboot-x86_64-15.0.img - Size 150.00M - Updated 2022-08-17 04:00:25
- usbboot-x86_64-current.img - Size 150.00M - Updated 2021-07-20 22:55:41
Note: All install images are remakes of slackware's usbboot.img.
Package Manager
To install the package manager only, download this tar file pkg_manager.tar.xz. Once downloaded. As root run the following commands to install.
tar xvf pkg_manager.tar.xz cd pkg_manager ./install
You can learn more about the package manager here
Rootfs
The rootfs's are self contained mini Slackbuilder systems and can be used on any Linux/Unix host to install to: a hard drive, virtual machine image, directory, lxc container, to it self etc...
sbfs -> slackbuilder rootfs
sbfso -> with Open Package Manager
msfs -> muscles rootfs...an alpine slackware hybrid
- msfs-x86_64-3.12.0.tar.xz - Size 13.28M - Updated 2022-08-18 19:01:10
- msfso-x86_64-3.12.0.tar.xz - Size 11.84M - Updated 2022-08-18 19:56:29
- sbfs-armv7-15.0.tar.xz - Size 33.81M - Updated 2022-10-02 04:02:42
- sbfs-armv7-current.tar.xz - Size 36.13M - Updated 2020-11-11 10:47:18
- sbfs-x86_64-15.0.tar.xz - Size 47.20M - Updated 2022-07-09 08:54:33
- sbfs-x86_64-current.tar.xz - Size 48.80M - Updated 2022-08-16 15:18:52
- sbfso-armv7-current.tar.xz - Size 39.07M - Updated 2020-12-16 07:11:30
- sbfso-x86_64-15.0.tar.xz - Size 45.95M - Updated 2022-07-09 08:59:36
- sbfso-x86_64-current.tar.xz - Size 47.48M - Updated 2022-08-16 15:19:59
Installing
For installation instructions please see Installing.