Swaret
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Developer: | Michael Manry |
Latest Release: | 1.6.3 / October 2006 |
Initial Release date: | 2001 |
Platform: | Linux |
Operating System | Slackware and derivatives |
Genre: | Automation |
License: | GPL |
Swaret was a program for the Slackware distribution of Linux that resolves dependencies. Swaret stands for SlackWARE Tool.
Features
- True library dependency resolution.
- Rollback capability.
- Logging.
- 3rd party software repository support.
- Support for http, ftp, rsync, and local filesystems.
History
The program was created by Luc Cottyn, and was originally called "autopkg". However, because of a conflict with another project of the same name it was renamed to swaret. Luc was unable to continue working on the project due to a conflict with Patrick Volkerding, Slackware's developer[citation needed]. It is currently being maintained by Michael Manry.
Distributions
Swaret currently runs on STUX.