Software Map

pkt is a universal XML packet archiver. It can manipulate files for
backing up documents, transferring them across networks, emailing them,
and sharing them by other means (p2p etc). It uses plugin filters to
do the job and handles virtually any format available if there is a
plugin for it. It handles encryption, compression, conversion, parity
checking, decryption, decoding, repairing, rebuilding, and other tasks
using a universal file format (XML-based). By default, all pkt output is
in 7-bit ASCII which is UTF encoded and is compatible with XML parsers.
pkt files can be disassembled, reassembled, and repaired by hand if
necessary. pkt also supports the use of 8-bit compressed XML packets for
its archives using one of several compression algorithms. In general,
pkt will try to use the best algorithms available.

lcab (formerly known as Cablinux) makes a Microsoft cabinet file from a set of input files.

swpkg is a collection of tools which allow a system administrator to build, install, and maintain software packages on a system. It is based on a
fairly simple philosophy intended to simplify the management of third party software and their inter-dependencies.

GNU Rottlog is a replacement to Red Hat's logrotate. It has similar syntax, but more powerful features to cut and store logs.

REOBack Backup Solution (pronounced "Ray-o-back") is a simple backup solution designed for Linux users and system administrators. It is designed to be simple to set up, and easy to use. It is great as a quick solution for those who procrastinate about backups. It supports automatic full/incremental backups of files you define, remote backups via SCP, SMB, NFS, or FTP, as well as auto deletion of old backups.

KDE Disk archiver is a disk-based archiving and
backup utility. It can perform differential
backups, which means that it can quickly store the
differences between a recent full backup and the
current state of your data. An archive browser
easily allows you to view the "table of contents"
of your archive. A sophisticated file filtering
mechanism allows you to select which files and
directories to backup or restore, and which files
to compress. The table of contents can be
extracted from the archive and used as a reference
when making differential backups, which means you
don't need your archive CDs handy to do a
differential backup of the entire filesystem.

CPANPLUS::Dist::Slackware creates Slackware-compatible packages from Perl modules available at the Comprehensive Perl Archive Network (CPAN).

toast is a simple package manager for Unix. It
automatically locates and downloads source code,
determines how to compile it, installs each
package in its own directory tree, and makes the
resulting binaries available through an encap/GNU
stow-like symlink tree. It also supports binary
packages. It is often used to install and manage
software in a non-root user's home directory.

The "dpkg" suite contains the programs which
handle Debian (.deb) packages. It was developed on
Debian GNU/Linux but can be used on all Linux
distributions and most Unix systems. The "dpkg"
command can be used to install, remove and manage
.deb binary packages, and it maintains a package
database which gets updated on changes. It is also
a front-end to the low-level "dpkg-deb" tool,
which is oriented towards manipulating archives.
However, the primary interface to dpkg is the
"dselect" program, which is used to get and
display packages for the user to select for
(de)installation.

cpan2tgz is a utility to create Slackware packages
from CPAN Perl module distributions, inspired by
Erick Calder's cpan2rpm.

Depot is a software management tool providing a simple, yet flexible, mechanism for maintaining third party and locally developed software in large heterogeneous computing environments. Depot integrates separately maintained software packages, known as collections, into a common directory hierarchy consisting of a union of all the collections. This common directory is defined as the software environment. A set of configuration options manages interactions and intersections between collections in the environment. Depot facilitates the introduction, update, and removal of collections in a software environment. Custom environments and complete test environments can be easily created for individual machines or for sets of machines. Collections with unexpected problems can be replaced with previous versions or simply removed. Individual collections or files can be moved from remote filesystems to the local disks of workstations without the worry that the files may become stale. All this is achieved with minimal wasted disk space and administrative overhead.

Loki Setup is a graphical installer for Unix applications. It features descriptions of the package to install in XML, a GTK interface that can be dynamically redefined by the user with Glade, raw and ncurses console interfaces, and the automatic generation of uninstall scripts. It has been successfully used on many Linux and UNIX platforms. It includes tools for uninstalling, patching, and recovering installations. It operates independently from any package managers.

AntFlow builds upon Apache Ant to provide a new
approach to simplifying system automation that
uses pipelines of hot folders chained together to
perform a given task. Using XML, it associates an
automated task such as data transfer, encryption,
or XML processing with a directory on the local
system. Whenever a file is copied or written into
the hot folder, the associated task is executed
and the file is moved to the next hot folder in
the pipeline for further processing.

Installwatch is a simple utility which keeps track of which files are created and modified during the installation of a new program. It's fast and easy to use. It doesn't require a "pre-install" phase because it monitors processes while they run. Installwatch works with every dynamically linked ELF program, by intercepting system calls that cause file system alterations.