Creating Modules in Wolvix

Converting a Slackware .tgz package to a module is very easy. It's done with the 'tgz2lzm' command: (tgz2lzm input-file.tgz output-file.lzm)

• The module name does not have to be the same as the package name. Use what ever name you wish, just remember to end it with .lzm

You can create a module from a directory with the 'dir2lzm' command: (dir2lzm input-directory/ output-module.lzm)

Note! The directory 'somedirectory' is not added to the module, only the directories and files inside it are included. So if you want to keep the path: somedirectory/ you have to place it inside another directory first.


You can reverse the process described above with the 'zlm2dir' command: (zlm2dir input-module.lzm output-directory/)

In order to create a larger module from several Slackware packages, you need to install all the packages to a temporary directory first, then create a module from that directory.

To install packages to a specific directory, and not to the system, use the 'ROOT=' command: (ROOT=input-directory/ installpkg input-package.tgz)

Or if you'd like to install all the packages in the current directory, you can use the wildcard '*' like this:

The 'ROOT=' command also works with 'removepkg', so if you change your mind and don't want the "second-package" to be in your module, you could remove it again like this:

• A list of all installed packages can be found in the /var/log/packages directory inside the temporary work directory.

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