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| 81 | New EPM Open Source Site On-Line! | Aug 05, 2007 | 0 |
| Welcome to the new home of ESP Package Manager development! | |||
| 73 | What is EPM? | Aug 05, 2007 | 0 |
| 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: | |||
| 74 | Why Another Software Packaging Tool? | Aug 05, 2007 | 0 |
| We developed EPM because we were tired of developing and testing N different software distributions, each with their own input files and setup requirements. | |||
| 75 | Do I Have to Pay to Distribute Software Using EPM? | Aug 05, 2007 | 0 |
| No! EPM is free software and any installations you create are unencumbered by licensing of any kind, not even the GPL. | |||
| 76 | How Do I Report Problems and Submit Patches? | Aug 05, 2007 | 0 |
| You can report bugs and submit all patches to the epm.bugs newsgroup. | |||
| 77 | What Features are Planned for EPM 5.x? | Aug 05, 2007 | 0 |
| EPM 5.x will add numerous new features, including: GUI list file editor [partially implemented] Relocatable packages Build-from-source (%build instructions) Support for libtool Better manpage installation support - specifically, add code to a | |||
| 78 | What is Required for EPM? | Aug 05, 2007 | 0 |
| On your development system you just need a C compiler, a make program, the Bourne (or Korn or Bash) shell, and gzip. | |||
| 79 | How Do I Compile EPM? | Aug 05, 2007 | 0 |
| EPM uses GNU autoconf to configure itself for your system. To build it, use: | |||
| 80 | How Do I Use EPM? | Aug 05, 2007 | 0 |
| Please look at the EPM book. It is available for free in HTML format ("doc/epm-book.html") and for $19.98 in printed form. | |||
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