Package Management
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- Debian (OS with an advanced
package management system, based on: dpkg, apt-get, debconf,
dselect/aptitude/... and hundreds of public mirrors.)
- dpkg.org ("Debian GNU/Linux
package manager" development site)
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- Alien
(Conversion tool for: Redhat .rpm, Debian .deb, and Slackware .tgz
package formats)
- apt4rpm (Variant of the Debian
Apt toolset for RPM based operating systems)
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- RPMView (GNOME based RPM installer/viewer)
- Gentoo Portage NG
(OS with an advanced source code focussed package management system.
Portage NG is still in the design stage.)
- Autopackage
(Console/GTK+ based tool for build, install, verify
and uninstall packages of medium complexity)
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- Zero Install
(System to install and run programs in 'real-time'
from the Internet. Consecutive program executions are fast due to local caching.)
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- EPM ("Easy Package Manager".
Packaging tool that generates portable distribution archives from a
list of files.)
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- Xstow (C++ based rewrite of GNU
sTOW. Stow is a tool for managing the installation of local software packages
under "/usr/local/stow/".)
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- pdbv
(Tool to create HTML output of a RPM or Dpkg packages database)
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- CheckInstall
(Tool to create a Slackware, RPM or Debian compatible package by
'monitoring' the actions from "make install". Inactive project.)
- buildpkg (Bash
shell script system to create .deb, .rpm or .stc packages from a set of
independent description files. Inactive project.)
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- sinstall (Perl
script to help extract, build, install, uninstall and patch source packages.
Inactive project.)
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