Article #73: What is EPM?
Article #73: What is EPM?
15:13 Aug 05, 2007 by mike
EPM is the software packaging tool that we now use at Easy
Software Products. It is a simple tool that generates software
and patch distributions in various formats, including:
EPM is the software packaging tool that we now use at Easy Software Products. It is a simple tool that generates software and patch distributions in various formats, including:
- AIX Software Packages ("installp").
- BSD Software Packages ("pkg_add"), used by FreeBSD,
NetBSD, and OpenBSD. - AT&T Software Packages ("pkgadd"), used by
Solaris. - Compaq Tru64 UNIX ("setld")
- Debian Package Manager ("dpkg")
- HP-UX Software Packages ("swinstall")
- IRIX Software Manager ("inst")
- MacOS X Software Packages ("name.pkg" and "name.mpkg")
- Portable (installation and removal scripts with tar
files) - Red Hat Package Manager ("rpm")
- Slackware Software Packages ("name.tgz")
EPM also includes a graphical "setup" program that can be provided with your distributions to make installation of more than one package a snap.
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