PkgBuilder is a simple system for automatically creating software packages (in formats such as RPM, tgz, or Deb) from source code. It is meant to be similar to the "ports" system found in BSD, but for Linux.
| Tags | Archiving Packaging Installation/Setup |
|---|---|
| Licenses | GPL |
| Operating Systems | POSIX Linux |
| Implementation | Unix Shell |
Recent releases


Changes: This release includes KDE 3.3.0, GNOME 2.8.0, Koffice 1.3.3, Evolution 2.0.1, Mozilla 1.7.3, and much more.


Changes: This version includes KDE 3.2.2, Gnome 2.6.0, XFree86 4.4.0, and new versions of other important applications like KDevelop 3.0.3, Quanta 3.2.2, Abiword 2.0.6, Gnumeric 1.2.11, Anjuta 1.2.2, Evolution 1.4.6, ALSA 1.0.4, and more. This release adds a -p option to "install.sh" that allows you to install from precompiled packages, managing of dependencies, and an improved version of the function to compare versions.


Changes: This release supports KDE 3.2.1, KDevelop 3.0.2, GNOME 2.4.2, Evolution 1.4.6, Galeon 1.3.14, Abiword 2.0.5, Gnumeric 1.2.8, and ALSA 1.0.3.


Changes: KDE-3.2, Koffice 1.3, Kdevelop 3.0.0, GNOME 2.4.2, Mozilla 1.6, and ALSA 1.0.2 were added. Support for parallel compilation with distcc and ccache was added.