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Autopackage aims to make it simple to create a package that can be installed on all Linux distributions and have that package integrate well into the desktop environment. It is a complimentary package management system to each distribution's system, such as RPM and Deb. However unlike these formats, Autopackage checks for the presence of dependencies on the actual system, rather than querying a database of package information. Although this reduces compatibility issues with different package naming conventions, it does mean that Autopackage is slower than distributions' native formats. It has been suggested that Linux be merged into this article or section. ...
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Autopackage packages are actually executable bash scripts, so that they can be installed simply by running them. bash is a Unix shell written for the GNU Project. ...
Autopackage is intended to be used for installing non-core applications such as word processors, web browsers, and games, rather than core libraries and applications such as shells. For core applications and libraries, the distribution's native package manager is recommended for speed and compatibility reasons. Non-core libraries are something of a thorny issue, on the one hand packaging them allows installation on a greater range of systems, on the other hand there can be issues with conflicts when native packages are installed that depends on libraries that have been installed by autopackage. A word processor (also more formally known as a document preparation system) is a computer application used for the production (including composition, editing, formatting, and possibly printing) of any sort of viewable or printed material. ...
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Autopackage differs from other executable installer systems for GNU/Linux such as the Loki installer in that Autopackage is specially designed to be compatible with as many distributions as possible.
An alternative system with the same goals as Autopackage is OBLISK. 1
Autopackage uses APbuild to strip bogus dependencies, "double-compile" to make C++ programs compatible with different versions of g++, and fix GLIBC version symbols, among other things. Programs that use autopackage must also be relocatable, meaning they can be installed into any location without needing to be recompiled. It is thus possible to install an autopackage as a non-root user in the user's home directory. The GNU Compiler Collection (usually shortened to GCC) is a set of programming language compilers produced by the GNU Project. ...
Autopackage has been starting to gain some popularity. High profile projects such as Gaim and Inkscape now offer an Autopackage installer, besides the distribution-specific packages and source tarballs. In addition, the popular software website Freshmeat.net offers content submitters a field to put the URL of Autopackages. Buddylist of Gaim 1. ...
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Autopackage is still under active development.
See also
- Klik - Another project, with a similar goal but a different approach.
- OBLISK - An alternative system with the same goals as Autopackage
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Criticism of Autopackage format Autopackage have the same weakness like shar package format: its not possible to extract Autopackage package (with Autopackage) without running it - big security problem. In contrast: tar.gz or zip packages dont need to execute any code (from archive) during extraction. The title of this article is capitalised in error due to a technical restriction of MediaWiki. ...
- Autopackage package cannot be extracted in easy way by anything except autopackage or a reimplementation of it.
- In opinion of many there is lack of good formal design documentation of this format.
- Packages aren't self-contained, and unlike Windows installers still contain dependencies and are therefore useless without internet access.
External links - Project home page
- (Incomplete) list of packages available
Articles - Autopackage: Toward a universal package manager for the desktop
- Autopackage Considered Harmful
- autopackage: designed by monkeys?
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