Article #74: Why Another Software Packaging Tool?

15:13 Aug 05, 2007 by mike
We developed EPM because we were tired of developing and testing N different software distributions, each with their own input files and setup requirements.

We developed EPM because we were tired of developing and testing N different software distributions, each with their own input files and setup requirements.

Also, when we started looking at selling software for Linux we saw that there are at least four different "standard" distribution formats, and none of them are compatible with the other. Clearly we needed something that could be used for all platforms, without requiring special software packages on the customer's system!

The EPM manual, "Software Distribution with the ESP Package Manager", goes into greater depth on our reasoning.

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