EPM is a simple cross-platform tool that generates software and patch distributions in various formats from a list of files. Supported formats include:

• AIX software packages ("installp")
• AT&T software packages ("pkgadd"), used by Solaris and others
• BSD packages ("pkg_create")
• Compaq Tru64 UNIX ("setld")
• Debian Package Manager ("dpkg")
• HP-UX software packages ("swinstall")
• IRIX software manager ("inst", "swmgr", or "tardist")
• macOS software packages ("name.pkg")
• Portable (installation and removal scripts with tar files)
• Red Hat Package Manager ("rpm")
• Slackware software packages ("name.tgz")

EPM also includes graphical "setup" and "uninstall" programs that can be provided with your distributions to make installation and removal of more than one package a snap. The installers can be customized with product logos, "readme" files, and click-wrap licenses as desired.

EPM is provided as free software under version 2 of the GNU General Public license.

Note: This software is currently in maintenance mode.

See the file INSTALL.md for more info on that.

Please look at the EPM manual. A preformatted copy is included with the source archive in the file doc/epm-book.html.

An example EPM software list file is provided with this distribution in the file epm.list.

No! EPM is free software and any installations you create are unencumbered by licensing of any kind, not even the GPL.

See the file CHANGES.md for change information.

The official home page for EPM is https://michaelrsweet.github.io/epm.

Report all problems and submit all patches/pull requests using the Github issue tracking pages at https://github.com/michaelrsweet/epm/issues.

EPM is copyright 1999-2019 by Michael R Sweet. All rights reserved.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.