Conary (package manager)

Conary

Screenshot of Conary running in a terminal
Initial release	2004-07-15
Stable release	2.3.2 / May 18, 2011; 5 months ago (2011-05-18)
Development status	Active
Written in	Python
Operating system	Linux
Platform	IA-32, x86-64
Available in	English
Type	Package management system
License	GNU General Public License Version 3[1]
Website	http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Conary

Conary is a free software package management system created by rPath and distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License Version 3.^[1] It focuses on installing packages through automated dependency resolution against distributed online repositories, and providing a concise and easy-to-use Python-based description language to specify how to build a package. It is used by Foresight Linux and rPath Linux.

Conary updates only those specific files in packages which need to be updated; this behavior minimizes bandwidth and time requirements for updating software packages. Conary also features Rollbacks^[2][3] of package installation as well as derived packages ^[4].

The Conary toolchain includes rmake, a build server for conary packages, which builds packages inside chroot environments containing only the package's explicitly listed build requirements and some other fundamental packages. This is very useful for packagers, because it means that package builds can be done inside a reproducible environment, and packagers cannot accidentally introduce dependencies on peculiarities of their machine's environment (such as custom configuration files, or undocumented extra packages).

Graphical front-ends

• PackageKit – the default conary graphical front-end for Foresight Linux

See also

Free software portal

• Foresight Linux
• rPath

References

1. ^ ^{a b} The license changed from the Common Public License. The change was implemented on Aug 15. 2011
2. ^ Rollback, a barrel of fun
3. ^ Evaluate Conary (Project conary-eval WebHome
4. ^ ewtroan: Derived Packages

External links

• Conary page on the rPath Wiki
• A site that features Conary recipes
• Conary: An innovative second-generation package manager
• Linux package management cheatsheet

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