Pacman (package manager)
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 Screenshot of Pacman running in a terminal |
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| Design by | Judd Vinet |
| Developed by | Judd Vinet, Arch Linux Community |
| Initial release | 2002-02-25 |
| Latest release | 3.1.4-1 / 2008-04-03 |
| Written in | C |
| OS | GNU/Linux |
| Platform | i686, x86 64 |
| Available in | English |
| Development status | Active |
| Genre | Package management system |
| License | GNU General Public License |
| Website | www.archlinux.org/pacman |
Pacman is a software package manager, developed as part of the Linux distribution Arch Linux. It was created by Arch Linux creator, Judd Vinet. Pacman is capable of resolving dependencies and automatically downloading and installing all necessary packages. In theory, a user need only run a single command to completely update the system. Following the Arch Linux philosophy, it aims to be a powerful package management system that is easy to learn.[1][citation needed] In addition to Arch Linux, Pacman is used by AegeanLinux and Frugalware.[2]
Pacman uses compressed tar archives for all of the packages, each of which contains compiled binaries. Packages are downloaded via FTP; some times pacman uses HTTP also. It complements the Arch Linux Build System (ABS) used to create packages from source.
[edit] References
- ^ Judd Vinet; Aurelien Foret, Aaron Griffin, Dan McGee (2007-09-18). Pacman. Pacman — A simple library-based package manager for Linux. Retrieved on 2007-09-23.
- ^ The Frugalware Developer Team (2007-03-17). Package management basics (english). Frugalware 0.6 (Terminus) Documentation. Retrieved on 2007-09-23.
