Projects tagged ‘deb’ and ‘debian’

Kubuntu Linux

Kubuntu is a a user friendly operating system based on KDE, the K Desktop Environment. With a predictable 6 month release cycle and part of the Ubuntu project, Kubuntu is the GNU/Linux distribution for everyone.

Aptitude

Aptitude's goal is to be a highly configurable console frontend for the Debian Advanced Package Tool, based heavily on hierarchical display of information about packages.

Metrics updated 01 Feb 08

alien

Alien allows you to convert LSB, Red Hat, Stampede and Slackware Packages into Debian packages, which can be installed with dpkg. It can also generate packages of any of the other formats.

Metrics updated 05 Oct 08

Advanced Package Tool

Debian's next generation front-end for the dpkg package manager. It provides the apt-get utility and APT dselect method that provides a simpler, safer way to install and upgrade packages. APT features complete installation ordering, multiple source capability and several other unique features.

nwu

NWU is a network-wide update system for GNU/Linux systems which use APT for software installation and upgrades. It allows an administrator to administrate all managed systems from one central point, using a simple CLI tool. Using NWU the ... [More] administrator is able to remotely install software, list packages installed on managed machines, roll out security upgrades and upgrade the managed machine's APT package cache. [Less]

Metrics updated about 4 hours ago

apt-proxy

apt-proxy is a caching proxy for use with apt on Debian systems. It is useful anywhere where you have more than one Debian machine together on a network which is faster than your internet connection (most networks are). It builds up a partial Debian mirror, containing those files which have been requested by clients.

Metrics updated 01 Oct 08

dpkg-repack

dpkg-repack creates a .deb file out of a debian package that has already been installed. If any changes have been made to the package while it was unpacked (ie, files in /etc were modified), the new package will inherit the changes. This utility ... [More] can make it easy to copy packages from one computer to another, or to recreate packages that are installed on your system, but no longer available elsewhere, or to store the current state of a package before you upgrade it. [Less]

Metrics updated 04 Oct 08

Lintian

Lintian dissects Debian packages and reports bugs and policy violations. It contains automated checks for many aspects of Debian policy as well as some checks for common errors.

Metrics updated about 17 hours ago

Tanzanite

Tanzanite is an interface for RubyGems and DebPack. It makes it extremely easy to maintain multiple versions of a program, and most importantly, have a RubyGem use a Debian package as a dependancy. This way a gem and a Debian package can both require ... [More] the Ruby-GTK bindings, and the user only has to have one installation of these bindings. DebPack does the grunt work, Tanzanite makes it easy. [Less]

Japt-Proxy

Japt-Proxy is a JAVA(TM) based Caching Proxy for Debian's APT-System. Japt-Proxy is lightning fast and very reliable. Japt-Proxy is usually used in environments where several Debian systems have to be kept up-to-date without downloading the same ... [More] files over and over again from the debian mirrors. Mostly these environments are data centers, Linux-powered companies, schools, public authorities and so on. Often Japt-Proxy is used because of small sized internet connections but it is also useful to install complete debian systems over the net (read: over the proxy). Even with high volume internet connections Japt-Proxy can dramatically reduce the time to install or update Debian on many machines. [Less]

Metrics updated 05 Oct 08