- install sbopkg (http://www.sbopkg.org) create a file /etc/sbopkg/repos.d/70-slackbuilds.repo with this content (one line) slackbuilds master "Official master git branch from SlackBuilds.org" custom git git://slackbuilds.org/slackbuilds.git@master "" - to have it selected as the default repository, edit the lines of /etc/sbopkg/sbopkg.conf with the variables REPO_BRANCH and REPO_NAME REPO_BRANCH=${REPO_BRANCH:-master} REPO_NAME=${REPO_NAME:-slackbuilds} and do a sbopkg -r (to sync). - for temporary usage (after having created the file above in /etc/sbopkg/repos.d/) sbopkg -V slackbuilds/master -r sbopkg -V slackbuilds/master -i my_package_or_queue would do.