slackware lazy package management?

[alsh]

Hey I wanted to try out the new slackware 9.0 on one of my machines but I had one question before I did. From what I have heard before slackware does not have a package system that has dependency tracking. I don't know if that has changed or not, but im rather used to debian and gentoo so i'm used to systems that are very easy to maintain over time. The apt and portage systems make upgrading one easy command... What i'm wondering is are there any programs that will make it easier to manage packages in slackware? I have heard before that rpm based distros can get misc apps to give them apt like capabilities (apt-rpm, etc), so I figured there might be something like that for slackware. If not I will still try it but im wondering if there is a lazy approach to maintaining it :P Thanks

[otbibb]

Once you get all of your packages installed, you can use swaret to monitor updates and install them for you automatically.

The only time that a dependency problem would occur is if you are installing something completely new (not just upgrading from a mirrir ftp). Anyone using Linux ought to be able to figure out what the dependencies to a package are. You can install them in any order you want, even AFTER the package that "depends" on them. Often you can just symlink, if the problem is that the package wants an older version of a library. Who needs RPM telling you to run around and install this and that? It's MY computer, not Redhat's...

The best, most flexible and most powerful package manager I've ever used... me!

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[alsh]

Ah good suggestion. Yah I dont have any problems installing packages and such from source or anything without a manager, I just was looking for an easy way to update. Thanks for help.