Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on November 11, 2005 07:13 PM
This is Arch's package management system. It is sort of a hybrid way to both the approaches: ease of use/binaries and sources.
Pacman is the binary manager, and it works like conary/apt. It resolves all the deps and other fancy things, and it's really easy to use.
If you prefer source builds, there's ABS (the Arch Bukld System) that works just like portage: you update the tree and recompile the packages you want with only one command, makepkg. Your rebuilt packages perfectly integrate in your system, like emerged ones.
For more infos: <a href="http://archlinux.org/pacman/" title="archlinux.org">http://archlinux.org/pacman/</a archlinux.org>
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Posted by: Anonymous Coward on November 11, 2005 07:13 PMPacman is the binary manager, and it works like conary/apt. It resolves all the deps and other fancy things, and it's really easy to use.
If you prefer source builds, there's ABS (the Arch Bukld System) that works just like portage: you update the tree and recompile the packages you want with only one command, makepkg. Your rebuilt packages perfectly integrate in your system, like emerged ones.
For more infos: <a href="http://archlinux.org/pacman/" title="archlinux.org">http://archlinux.org/pacman/</a archlinux.org>
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