How to build Slackware packages with Jenkins.

What are Slackware packages?

Slackware is a free distribution of Linux. It features a wide range of technology from printing to networking to services, and thanks to its advanced package management system, it’s incredibly easy to install and remove software to match your computer system's needs. Supporting this distribution is very easy, since it is backed up by a large community of developers and users.

What is Jenkins?

jenkins is an automation server. It helps automate the parts of software development related to building, testing and deploying, facilitating continuous integration and continuous delivery. It is a server-based system that runs in servlet containers such as Apache Tomcat.

Building Slackware package with Jenkins via packagecloud

If you’re looking to build Slackware package with Jenkins, you can use packagecloud to handle all of your package management and integrations with your CI/CD tools. Packagecloud works with all kinds of packages, not only Slackware packages. As well, you can integrate with all kinds of CI/CD tools, not only Jenkins.