Free software packaging software for linux

Software::Packager::Solaris is the Software::Packager extension for Solaris 2.5.1 and above.

SYNOPSIS

use Software::Packager;
my $packager = new Software::Packager(solaris);

This module is used to create software packages in a format suitable for installation with pkgadd. The process of creating packages is baised upon the document Application Packaging Developers Guide. Which can be found at http://docs.sun.com/ab2/@LegacyPageView?toc=SUNWab_42_2:/safedir/space3/coll1/SUNWasup/toc/PACKINSTALL:Contents;bt=Application+Packaging+Developer%27s+Guide;ps=ps/SUNWab_42_2/PACKINSTALL/Contents

FUNCTIONS

new()

This method creates and returns a new Software::Packager::Solaris object.

add_item()
$packager->add_item(%object_data);

This method overrides the add_item function in the Software::Packager module.

This method adds a new object to the package.

package()

$packager->packager(); This method overrides the base API in Software::Packager, it controls the process if package creation.

package_name()

This method is used to specify the abbreviated package name.

Sun say: (Application Packaging Developers Guide. Page 32) A valid package abbreviation must the criteria defined below:

It must start with a letter. Additional charaters may be alphanumeric and can be the two special charaters + and -.

It must be nine or fewer charaters.

Reserved names are install, new, and all.

For more details see the pkginfo(4) man page.

program_name()

This is used to specify the full package name.

The program name must be less that 256 charaters.

For more details see the pkginfo(4) man page.

architecture()

The architecture must be a comma seperated list of alphanumeric tokens that indicate the architecture associated with the package. The maximum length of a token is 16 charaters. A token should be in the format "instruction set"."platform group" where: instruction set is the output of `uname -p` platform group is the output of `uname -m`
If the architecture is not set then the current instruction set is used.

For more details see the pkginfo(4) man page.

version()

This method is used to check the format of the version and return it in the format required for Solaris.

The version must be 256 charaters or less.

The first charater cannot be a left parenthesis.

The recommended format isi an arbitrary string of numbers in Dewey-decimal format. For more datails see the pkginfo(4) man page.

install_dir()
$packager->install_dir(/usr/local);
my $base_dir = $packager->install_dir();

This method sets the base directory for the software to be installed. The installation directory must start with a "/".

compatible_version()

$packager->compatible_version(/some/path/file);
or
$packager->compatible_version($compver_stored_in_string);

my $compatible_version = $packager->compatible_version();

This method sets the compatible versions file for the software to be installed.

space()

$packager->space(/some/path/file);
or
$packager->space($space_data_stored_in_string);
my $space = $packager->space();

This method sets the space file for the software to be installed.

request_script()

$packager->request_script(/some/path/file);
or
$packager->request_script($request_script_stored_in_string);
my $request_script = $packager->request_script();

This method sets the space file for the software to be installed.

Slackware Packaging Scripts provides a collection of scripts for simple automated Slackware packaging.

Slacktools is a collection of simple shell scripts that can be used to build most source tarballs into slackware packages.

They are probably the least advanced of any automated packaging system, but they work surprisingly well for source that supports the DESTDIR variable [correctly].

Scripts provided:

.backoutpkg
.slackconfig
.slackmake
.slackpack

Wx::Perl::Packager provides a module to assist packaging Wx based applications with PAR, ActiveState PerlApp / PDK and Perl

A module to assist packaging Wx based applications with PAR, ActiveState PerlApp / PDK and Perl2Exe. All that is needed is that you include a use statement as the first item in your BEGIN blocks. For Perl2Exe, an additional use statement outside any BEGIN block ensures correct object cleanup.

Also provided are:

wxpdk
wxpar

which assist in packaging the wxWidgets DLLs.

LOSSA project is a home automation system.
LOSSA is a home automation system that aims at distributed network of devices with simple interconnect system, personal computer intercommunication, simple wiring, and very low cost.
The project is still in architectural development state and the files avalivle as download (including this readme) are there to collect as much feedback as possible from those people who have experience in similar projects.
Dew to the contained price, easy requisition, wide veriaty of opensource developement tools and very little external components requirements I think that Microchips pic16f84 will be a mandatory choice in any case.
Enhancements:
- Added application showing internal pic eeprom usage and TIL311 interfacing
- Added simple pic application showing interrupts (tools/beginner_pic_app)
- Defined EEPROM Memory Assignments for config amd power fail retention
- Review of: transmission type, collision detection, physical medium
- Added a tools directory with PicMicro developing and programming tools
- Reorganization of the documentation
- Review of the transmission protocol
- Made Makefile (just for packaging for now)

Early Macintosh Image LoadEr allows to boot linux-m68k from a floppy on a macintosh such as MacII or Quadra 610.
With it, you can create rescue disk, or remove the MacOS partition (needed by the legacy penguin booter) from your HD.
Create a floppy from rescue disk image
You can find floppy image from the package emile-rescue
Under linux, the command to dump image to floppy is:
# dd if=emile-rescue-x.y.bin of=/dev/fd0 bs=512 conv=sync
then, you can eject floppy with:
# eject /dev/fd0
If you are using MacOS, use MakeDebianFloppy AppleScript (you must use a floppy image with a size of exactly 1474560 bytes).
Enhancements:
- This release has improved SCSI support, allows you to create a bootable CD-ROM, adds Debian packaging, updates the PowerPC part (currently not usable), and introduces apple_driver (currently not usable).

SOPE Application Server is an extensive set of frameworks (16 frameworks, ~1500 classes) which form a complete Web application server environment.
Besides the Apple WebObjects compatible appserver extended with Zope concepts, it contains a large set of reusable classes: XML processing (SAX2, DOM, XML-RPC), MIME/IMAP4 processing, LDAP connectivity, RDBMS connectivity, and iCalendar parsing.
The individual frameworks of the package can be used standalone (for example in Cocoa applications) and do not require the application server itself.
For MacOSX developers, the package includes SOPE:X, which contains special Xcode and Cocoa support for SOPE.
Enhancements:
- This release fixes a set of minor bugs.
- It improves the vCard parser, the IMAP4 client library, the MySQL adaptor, and BSD packaging.

pyFretCalc is a handy little fret spacing calculator for luthiers (Guitar makers). Simply enter the scale length you want and how many frets, then click on calculate.
To install it, first you have to have the following software installed.
Python http://www.python.org
QT 3 http://www.trolltech.com
PyQt http://www.riverbankcomputing.co.uk
For Linux and other *nixs just untar pyFretCalc-0.0.2.tar.gz to any directory (like $HOME/bin) and run main.py. Future releases will use some sort of packaging.
Windows/OSx users: Follow the same instructions and let me know how it works.
Enhancements:
- Changed to QT3 for the gui