Swaret
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| swaret | |
| Developer: | Michael Manry |
| Latest Release: | 1.6.3 / June 2005 |
| Initial Release date: | 2001 |
| Platform: | Linux |
| Operating System | Slackware and derivatives |
| Genre: | Automation |
| License: | GPL |
Swaret is a program for the Slackware distribution of Linux that resolves dependencies. Swaret stands for SlackWARE Tool.
[edit] Features
- True library dependency resolution.
- Rollback capability.
- Logging.
- 3rd party software repository support.
- Support for http, ftp, rsync, and local filesystems.
[edit] 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.
