README

Copyright (C) 2003-2025 Jason Woodward <woodwardj at jaos dot org>

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
GNU Library General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
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About:
 slapt-update-service is a DBus service which notifies about package updates
 available via slapt-get and gslapt.  slapt-update-service places an icon in
 the user's notification area when updates are available.  Clicking the icon
 starts upgrading with gslapt.

Requirements:
 To build from source, you must have these packages mentioned in slack-required
 installed.

Building and installing:
  You can install via meson or autotools (deprecated).

  * Meson

      meson setup build # or any dir of your choosing
      meson compile -C build # or `ninja -C build` for older meson releases
      meson install -C build # or `ninja -C build install`  for older meson releases

      Meson/ninja supports `DESTDIR=/path meson install -C build`

      TIP:
      slapt-update-service.Slackbuild will create a Slackware package.
      Run with sudo or as a privileged user.

  * autotools (deprecated)

      ./autogen.sh # if building from git
      ./configure
      make
      make install # as privileged user

      The Makefile honors DESTDIR.

      TIP:
      `make pkg` (as privileged user) will create a Slackware package.