Free source package software for linux

Software::Packager::Rpm is a suite of Perl modules providing a common interface for
the creation of platform specific software installation packagers.

add_item()
my %object_data = (
SOURCE => /source/file1,
TYPE => file,
KIND => doc,
DESTINATION => /usr/local/file1,
USER => joe,
GROUP => staff,
MODE => 0750,
);
$packager->add_item(%object_data);

This method overrides the add_item method in Software::Packager. It adds the ability to add extra features used by RPM for each object in the package.

For more details see the documentation in: Software::Packager Software::Packager::Object::Rpm

program_name()
$packager->program_name(SoftwarePackager);
my $program_name = $packager->program_name();

This method is used to set the name of the program that the package is installing. This may in should be the same as the package name but that is not required. It must not contain spaces or a dash "-" and must be all on one line.

version()
$packager->version(1.2.3.4.5.6);
my $version = $packager->version();

This method sets the version for the package to the passed value. The version passed cannot contain a dash "-" or spaces and must be on one line.

release()

This method sets the release version for the package. The release is the number of times the package has been recreated. If the release is not set then a default of 1 is used. It cannot contain spaces, a dash or new lines.

copyright()

This method sets the copyright type for the package. This should be the name of the copyright

source()

This method sets the source location for the package. This should be the URL for the source package used to create this package.

architecture()
$packager->architecture("sparc");
my $arch = $packager->architecture();

This method sets the architecture for the package to the passed value. If no argument is passed then the current architecture is returned. This is the output "from uname -p"

package_name()
my $name = $packager->package_name();

This method returns the name of the package that will be created.

short_description()

$packager->short_description("This is a short description.");
my $description = $packager->short_description();

The short description is just that a short description of the program. It must be all on one line.

description()
$packager->description("This is the description.");
my $description = $packager->description();

The description method sets the package description to the passed value. If no arguments are passed the package description is returned.

The discription can be of any length. It will be formatted by RPM in the following way:
If a line starts with a space it will be printed verbatim.

A blank line signifies a new paragraph.

All other lines will be assumed to be part of a paragraph and will be formatted by RPM.

package()

This method creates the package and returns true if it is successful else it returns undef

Twisted Packager II (TP2) is a package manager that aims to make live easy - for end users and also developers. In some respects it is similar to Autopackage - it does not intend to replace the "system packaging tool" but instead will sit alongside it to allow application developers an easy way to package software; and system administrators an easy way to install [or remove!] such software.
TP2 excels at handling generic software - and allows a "source" type package [such as itself!] to be installed across multiple architectures and operating systems using the same package.
TP2 is cross-platform; it is currently in use on Solaris, Linux and HP-UX. Soon the intention is validate it also for BSD and AIX.
TP2 is flexible. It supports dependency management, package verification, preview installation and removal, and audit logs all activity.
TP2 is powerful. It supports "namespaces" which allows the same packages to be installed into different areas on the same machine. Non-root users can be given areas which they can manage independently.
Enhancements:
- Initial public announcement, though the software has been in use in several environments for over 12 months.

Fedora Package Menu is a service menu for easy installation of downloaded RPMs.

Requires sudo and good configuration of sudo.

Source Mage GNU/Linux distribution is based on a sorcerous metaphor of "casting" and "dispelling" packages, which we refer to as "spells".
This is a development ISO and potentially loaded with bugs and glitches. This is where you come in. We need your help to squash these bugs.
Please download, burn, and install this ISO to a spare partition, extra computer, or over your least favorite friends Windows partition. VMWare or bochs works too. Upon finding a glitch, please report it in bugzilla. No bug is too small, or too large.
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Enhancements:
- This is an updated release based on the 0.9.6 version of the ISOs.
- While it does not contain any changes in the actual installer scripts, it does have an updated set of packages/spells based on the 0.7 Stable Grimoire, including an updated version of the Linux kernel.

Open Source in Tab is an extension which opens the pages source file in a new tab.

Opens the pages source file in a new tab. Has a preference to either open source in a new tab or existing tab.

Package Wizard is a very useful tool that creates rpm, Debian and Slackware packages.
You need to install the Kommander (1.1) before:
http://www.kde-apps.org/content/show.php?content=12865
(it is the part of the kdewebdev3 package on SUSE),
and the checkinstall utility:
http://asic-linux.com.mx/~izto/checkinstall/download.php
The general rpm, Debian and Slackware package includes a service menu, so you can start it from the KDE context menu (section Actions).
TODO:
- Define alternetive for gcc and qt.
- Improve the check function before checkinstall.
Known bugs:
- After qmake, the file list display is not refreshed.
- The error messages are not redirected to the integrated konsole during ./configure.
- The error detection after compilation is not complete.
- Some problems maybe present for non-root users.
- Time stamp problems (during checkinstall) may be present on old rpm based systems.
Enhancements:
- The error detection after compilation is complete.
- Sound effects added.
- Simplified checkinstall/debhelper frontend.
- New buttons: Make clean, remove the directory debian/ from the source.

Debian::Package::HTML is a Perl module that generates a webpage information (and Linda/Lintian checks) about a Debian binary or source package using HTML::Template

SYNOPSIS

use strict;
use Debian::Package::HTML;
my $package = Debian::Package::HTML->new(%packageHash);
$package->output(%contextHash);

This module outputs a webpage using HTML::Template templates which resumes the information of a normal build environment for a package in Debian (source files, binary packages and changelogs) using Linda/Lintian for sanity checks. It is useful for making unified presentation webpages for those packages which are being sponsorized by someone in Debian.