Hi All,
I am putting togather a small package management HOWTO/FAQ. Here is the outline. Have I missed any thing? Your comments will be highly appreciated.(Your name will be there in Credits Section. :-))
0. About this document 1. What is a Package. 2. What is and Why Package Management. 3. Types of Packages. Debian - .deb RPM - .rpm/.srpm TGZ - .tgz (Slackware) Portage - .??? (Gentoo) Source - .tar.gz/.tar.bz2/.zip 4. Various Package Management Systems Overview of various packaging systems. 5. Debian Package Management System (.deb) 5.1 dpkg 5.1.1 Install (dpkg -i) 5.1.2 Remove (dpkg -r) 5.1.3 Query / Status (dpkg -s) 5.2 dselect 5.3 APT (apt-get, apt-cache, apt-setup...) 5.3.1 Install (apt-get install) 5.3.2 Remove (apt-get remove) 5.3.3 Upgrade (apt-get upgrade) 5.3.4 DB Update (apt-get update) 5.3.5 DB Query (apt-cache search) 5.4 More info dpkg-doc apt-howto 6. Getting Debian Packages 6.1 Distribution CDs Official Debian CDs (Woody/Potato/Unstable) Knoppix Live CD Morphix Live CD ELX Linux. 6.2 Debian Mirrors 7. RedHat Package Management System (.rpm) 7.1 Install (rpm -i) 7.2 Remove (rpm -e) 7.3 Upgrade (rpm -U) 7.4 Query / Status (rpm -q) 7.5 More Info RPM-Howto 8. Getting (S)RPM Packages 8.1 Distribution CDs RedHat Linux Mandrake Linux SuSE Linux 8.2 Internet Sites rpmfind.net rawhide.net falsehope.net maximumrpm.net freshmeat.net sourceforge.net 9. Slackware Packaging (.tgz) 9.1 pkgtool 10. Portage (Gentoo Linux) Need more info about this tool. 11. Source Package (.tar.gz/bz2/zip) 11.1 Unpacking 11.2 README 11.3 Configuring 11.4 Building 11.5 Installation 12. Other Resources 13. Credits
TIA for your inputs. With regards,