epm allows a developer to create binary packages for several different plat-
forms from one single specification file ('*.list'). Currently epm supports
packaging for Debian (.dpkg), Slackware (.tgz), various other Linux distros
(.rpm), Solaris (.pkg), HP-UX (.depot/swinstall), IRIX (.inst/tardist), AIX
(.installp), *BSD (.tgz+.tbz2/pkg_add),Compaq Tru64 (.setld) and Mac OS X
(.pkg/.mpkg).
Additionally, epm provides "portable" packages (.tar.gz) that include instal-
lation as well as removal scripts and a GUI setup program. [Several software
source tarballs or SVN checkouts, such as those for cups, cupsddk and htmldoc
provide the respective epm *.list file to make packaging for multiple OS
platforms easy.]

Project home page: http://www.epmhome.org/

Author: Mike Sweet