Software Packaging Formats

Software Packaging Formats (Reference - s/w distribution using ESP)
In Unix there are many open source packaging systems, it is always better to have a list and to compare among them.

Format	Operating Systems1	Binaries	Cross- Platform	Patches	Up- grades	Con- flicts	Re- quires	Re- places	Config Files	Map Files	Un- install
installp	AIX	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes
pkg_add	FreeBSD	Yes	Yes2	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes
pkg_add	NetBSD OpenBSD	Yes	Yes2	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes
dpkg	Corel Linux Debian GNU/Linux	Yes	Yes2	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
depot	HP-UX	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
inst	IRIX	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Install.app	MacOS X	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
pkgadd	Solaris	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
rpm	Mandrake Red Hat SuSE TurboLinux	Yes	Yes2	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes
setld	Tru64 UNIX	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes
slackware	Slackware Linux	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes