SuperLinux Encyclopedia - Software Packaging

Misc:

• Also see Compression for tar, zip, etc.
• Discussion:
  • Linux Packages Metadata Mirroring Proposal (by Daniel Veillard; looks good)
  • Scientific Software Packaging Feedback (request for suggestions)
  • Building Software Packages for Linux
• Freshmeat: Packaging (GUI)
• Freshmeat: Packaging (TUI)
• Alien (Linux Package Converter)
• Debian packaging manual
• RPM (Red Hat Package Manager):
  • www.rpm.org
  • RPM HOWTO  How to use the Red Hat Package Manager (.rpm).
  • RPM+Slackware mini-HOWTO  How to install the Red Hat Package Manager (RPM) under Slackware.
  • Red Hat Documentation Page (for their products; Linux, Motif, Applixware, CDE, RPM, PowerTools)
  • rpm2html  "a generator of Web pages for RPM packages"
  • Software Distribution Security  "The Trojan Horse" by Bruce Perens Nov'98.
• The UnRpm-Install Package  Eases working with RPMs and DEBs; Jul'97 LG

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