[plug] The Joys of Kpackager

[Leon Brooks]

Colin Rothnie wrote:
> I am astonished at the speed of RPM.  When you see a 10 Mb package with
> hundreds of files install in seconds, it makes me think of all those times
> I used the Microsoft Install Shield, and worried about "uninstalling"
> shared DLLs.

> For me the real benefits of KPackager were:
>  o  being able to see the packages in a graphical hierarchy
>  o  seeing a good description of each package
>  o  seeing the complete file listing for each package including a green
> tick for those files that matched the original RPM file and a red cross for
> those configuration files I had modified.
>  o being able to install and uninstall packages with a of a button.

Ask Matt Kemner about dpkg and descendents.

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