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Article #63041Do GNU package utilities exist?
From: Jeff M. Garzik
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 1995 19:12
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 1995 19:12
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I am looking at writing my own software package installation utilities, basically mimicing the SysV/Sun Solaris pkgadd/pkgrm/pkgetc.. interface. These utilities would, for systems without such programs, enable the system administrator to easily add and remove software from the computer system, without a lot of headaches -- using a common, standard interface. (and yes, I plan to GPL it and make it freely available) However, I wanted to check and make sure nothing similar already exists. Has GNU/FSF, or some other public source, already produced a robust set of software installation tools? thanks, Jeff -- Microsoft Network is prohibited from redistributing this work in any form, in whole or in part. Copyright, Jeff Garzik, 1995. License to distribute this post is available to Microsoft for $1000. Posting without permission constitutes an agreement to these terms.
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1025b4,a79cf21d980dc296,start X-Google-Attributes: gid1025b4,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1995-03-16 11:22:08 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!bga.com!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!gt-news!cc.gatech.edu!jgarzik From: jgarzik@cc.gatech.edu (Jeff M. Garzik) Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss Subject: Do GNU package utilities exist? Date: 16 Mar 1995 14:12:30 -0500 Organization: College of Computing, Georgia Tech Lines: 19 Message-ID: <3ka2iu$p2c@oscar.cc.gatech.edu> Reply-To: jgarzik@cc.gatech.edu NNTP-Posting-Host: oscar.cc.gatech.edu NNTP-Posting-User: jgarzik