Open Source Linux Application Packaging Software - Page 2

GNUpdate is a set of libraries and tools that provide universal package management on Linux systems, allowing any distribution to install packages from other distributions, as well as updating the system with the latest versions of installed packages.

A Java based front-end GUI for jar with a user interface similar to the Windows WinZip.

This project has a lively SVN repository for build recipes, over 1000 F/OSS softwares are available. The tool "pkgbuild" is for building packages on Solaris 11/OpenIndiana from RPM-like spec files. The tool also runs on OmniOS. If you want, you can create new style IPS packages and old style SVR4 packages for Solaris 10. The tool is not updated frequently, but the following "build recipes" for pkgbuild is updated every day. For a few hundred build-recipes see the sub-project "spec-files-extra" or "SFE". We already have stacks of e.g. multimedia players mplyer/vlc or postfix/dovecot/cyrus-sasl/spamfiltering. But there is so much more to be added! Volunteers to the build-recipes are always welcome. Please ask on the mailing list or irc://irc.freenode.org/#pkgbuild Please proceed now with the link below and remember to visit "SFE" on the left and browse through the available packages list in SVN. Or go for one of the binary repositories with ready-to-use IPS packages.

A free file splitting tool that cuts large files into smaller parts and a merge-script which you can copy to otherwise-too-small memory sticks etc and then put them together on the target computer.

PAT is a complete web application that allow to manage files (basic and advanced functions like compression in gz), ftp, and database all in one. Designed to reproduce a Graphical User Interface (GUI) with drop-down and context menu for easy use

Meta Backup is a simple wizard that lets you make a DEB meta-package off all installed applications and repositories/PPA's on all your Debian/Ubuntu/Derivatives system. Creating a backup takes only 20 seconds. ("View all files" for cli,gtk,kde deb

a Java utility for comparing the contents of any two zip files. It can also be used to compare EAR files, WAR files, or JAR files.

Debian Package Builder System with a Highly Comprehensive Graphical User Interface

Independent Packager This is a Java program for packaging files for distribution. It creates a jar file that is self extracting and installing to the location of your choice. It can also install files to the Java extensions folder of your system.

The TclVfs project aims to provide an extension to the Tcl language which allows Virtual Filesystems to be built using Tcl scripts only. It is also a repository of such Tcl-implemented filesystems (metakit, zip, ftp, tar, http, webdav, namespace, url)

FDNPKG is an online update tool for the FreeDOS operating system. It allows to install, remove and update software on a FreeDOS installation using online (http) or local (on disk/cdrom) repositories. It is written by Mateusz Viste for the FreeDOS™ project, but can be used on other DOS systems as well. FDNPKG means "FreeDOS Network Package manager".

ZXTapeTool is a tool to manipulate tape archives for ZX Spectrum emulators

A shell based package manager for embedded *nix systems similar FreeBSD pkgtools.

AContent is a free web content authoring tool and repository used for developing and sharing accessible, adaptable elearning content. Import and export IMS Common Cartridges, Content Packages, QTI Tests, and AccessForAll adapted content.

COOK is a software build-automation tool made with a goal of letting you, the programmer, to utilize the most elegant and powerful programming language - Common Lisp - for managing your software builds. You write a recipe file which describes what objectives must be constructed. COOK will load and process this file, then produce either a regular Makefile or a Bourne Shell script, which will actually perform the task of building and installing your targets.

CoolPackager is a program which will take a .tar.gz file and a installation script file and create a self-extracting executable scipt. Install it on your system by typing this command as root: lynx -source cpkg.sourceforge.net/cpkg | sh

This is a source delta update program which allows you to patch compressed tarballs and retain the original MD5sum. Very much like diff/patch.

A simple tool that slices big files (files that are bigger as the removal medium you want to use) into several parts and allows glueing them together.

Jar Ajar is a JAR-based self-extractor for zip files. Zip up files and package them with descriptive images and text using Jar Ajar's graphical interface. When recipients launch the resulting JAR, Jar Ajar guides users through the unzip process.

Payload Delivery Vehicle (PDV) is a program that builds an executable that contains a complete package (e.g. and RPM, System V package or tar file) and the commands required to install it. When the executable is run it will extract and execute the payloa

This program allows to divide files of any type in parts more small.

RPM Wizard is an installation program for RPM packages. Using a wizard interface, it makes installing easy even for beginners. With features such as automatic dependency handling, it aims to become the most easy-to-use RPM installation program.

SINP uses SlackBuild scripts found at slackbuilds.org and the native Slackware package manager to create "source" packages for Slackware.

Extractor for "You Don't Know Jack" (YDKJ) sound and graphicfiles

rubyzip is a ruby module for reading and writing zip files