- Apt-rpm
apt-rpm is a version of the
Advanced Packaging Tool modified to work with theRPM Package Manager . It was originally ported to RPM by Alfredo Kojima and then further developed and improved by Gustavo Niemeyer, both working for theConectiva Linux distribution at the time.In March 2005 the maintainer of the program, [http://niemeyer.net/ Gustavo Niemeyer] , announced that he will not continue the developing of the program, but that he will instead focus on
Smart Package Manager which was planned as a successor over apt-rpm.In March 2006 development was picked up again by [http://laiskiainen.org/ Panu Matilainen] from Red Hat at a [http://apt-rpm.org/ new home] , introducing basic multilib functionality and support for [http://linux.duke.edu/projects/metadata/ common repository metadata] .
apt-rpm support in various distributions
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ALTLinux Sisyphus : APT is the main, officially supported way to upgrade packages from the ALTLinux repositories in ALTLinux distributions. [ [http://www.altlinux.org/APT_%D0%B2_ALT_Linux On APT in ALTLinux] ru icon.]
* Caixa Mágica: APT-RPM andUrpmi are the package managers available on Caixa Mágica 12.
*openmamba : APT is the only way to upgrade packages in openmamba distribution.See also
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Advanced Packaging Tool
*Smart Package Manager External links
* [http://apt-rpm.org/ apt-rpm home page]
* [https://moin.conectiva.com.br/AptRpm Old apt-rpm home page]
* [http://apt4rpm.sourceforge.net/ apt4rpm SourceForge project page]
* [http://distro2.conectiva.com.br/pipermail/apt-rpm/2005-March/002658.html e-mail post about the end of the project]References
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