Surf these sites: Alien package converter -- Alien is a program that converts between the rpm, dpkg, stampede slp, and slackware tgz file formats. If you want to use a package from another distribution than the one you have installed on your system, you can use alien to convert it to your preferred package format and install it. Aptitude -- Aptitude''s goal is to be a highly configurable console frontend for the Debian Advanced Package Tool, based heavily on hierarchical display of information about packages. CMU Depot Project -- The Depot Configuration Management Project EPM - Easy Software Products -- EPM is a free UNIX software/file packaging program that generates distribution archives from a list of files. The distributions include installation and removal scripts that handle such details as diskless client installations and initialization scripts. GNOME Apt Home Page -- Gnome frontend to the Apt Debian package tool. Stow - GNU Project -- GNU Stow is a program for managing the installation of software packages, keeping them separate (/usr/local/stow/emacs vs. /usr/local/stow/perl, for example) while making them appear to be installed in the same place (/usr/local). The epkg Encap Package Manager -- The best of both worlds - installs every application in its own directory, to make admin easier, but uses symlinks to ensure that only one directory needs to be put on the PATH, MANPATH, etc. Zenguin -- Zenguin Installer is an open source tool that makes it easy to install applications on any Linux system, no matter which Linux distribution is being used. the software -- Debian package manager tool and packaging software.
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