| RPM "guis" | Rpmfind and friends | RPM and CVS integration | 
	Text or console apps | Spec file helpers | 
	Rpm Updaters | Misc utils | <br>
<hr>
<h2> RPM "guis"</h2><p>
      <dl>
	  <dt><a href="http://www.daa.com.au/~james/gnome/">GNORPM</a><br>
<dd>
A very nice  gui for the <a href="http://www.gnome.org">GNOME</a> desktop enviroment. Includes rpmfind capabilities</dd>

<dt><a href="ftp://ftp.labs.redhat.com/pub/grpm/">grpm</a><br>
<dd>
An earlier attempt at a gnome gui. Now depreciated.
</dd>

<dt><a href="http://www.gmsys.com/xrpm.html">xrpm</a><br>
<dd>
A python/tk based gui for rpm.
</dd>

<dt> <a href="http://www.general.uwa.edu.au/u/toivo/kpackage/">kpackage</a><br>
<dd> 
The rpm gui interface for the <a href="httP://www.kde.org">KDE</a> desktop enviroment
</dd>

<dt><a href="http://www.zoned.net/~xkahn/rpmexp/">Rpm Explorer</a><br>
<dd>
Allows you to browse your rpm database with a Gnome based gui
</dd>

<dt> <a href="http://www.userfriendly.net/linux/RPM/mandrake/6.0/Mandrake/RPMS/grpmi-0.9-5mdk.i386.html">grpmi</a><br>
<dd>
Part of the Mandrake Project
</dd>

<dt><a href="http://rpmfind.net/linux/MandrakeCooker/SRPMS/">rpmdrake</a><br>
<dd>A gui frontend to urpmi.</dd>

<dt><a href="http://www.linuxsupportline.com/~davin/pkgview.html">pkgview</a><br>
<dd>
A rpm viewer based on the FOX widget kit
</dd>

<dt><a href="http://www.solucorp.qc.ca/linuxconf/">managerpm</a><br>
<dd>
A module for the Linuxconf utility
</dd>

<dt><a href="http://www.laysi.com/rpmbw/">Rpm Browser For Windows</a><br>
<dd>
View and unpack RPMS under windows.
</dd>

</dl>
<p>

<h2>Rpmfind and friends</hr>
<p>
      <dl>
	<dt>  <a href="http://rpmfind.net/linux/rpm2html/">rpm2html</a><br>
<dl>
A program to generate detailed indexes of rpm mirror sites. Also used to generate
the data format for the rpmfind tool.
</dl>
	 <dt> <a href="http://rufus.w3.org/linux/rpm2html/rpmfind.html">rpmfind</a><br>
<dd>
A tool to let a user query a rpmfind server, ask for an rpm, find it, and figure out
any dependencies they require, and download them. Very nice.
</dd>
<dt><a href="http://www.carumba.org/hacks/rpmsearch/">rpmsearch</a><br>
<dd>A rpm searching utility meant to act as a complement to rpmfind</dd>

</dl>
<p>

<h2>RPM and CVS integration</h2>
<p>
<dl>
<dt><a href="http://www.utdallas.edu/cgi-bin/cgiwrap/kempler/emerald.pl?32=software">CvsRpmBuilder</a><br>
<dd>
Shell script to build RPMS out of GNOME cvs, and probabaly other
CVS modules
</dd>
<dt><a href="http://www.cryon.com/gnome/gbuild/">gduild</a><br>
<dd>
Designed to allow building of gnome-cvs modules including making RPMS,
but useful for creating RPMS out of CVS
</dd>
	<dt>  <a href="ftp://ftp.brouhaha.com/pub/eric/rpm-cvs/">rpm-cvs</a><br>
<dd>
Information on building a RPM from a CVS source tree.
</dd>
<p>
</dl>

     <h2>Text or console apps</h2>
<p>
      <dl>
	<dt>  <a href="http://www.xs4all.nl/~bvermeul/glitter/">glitter</a><br>
<dd>
Glitter is a text-mode interface to the RPM package management tool.
</dd>
	<dt>  <a href="http://www.lysator.liu.se/purp/">purp</a><br>
<dd>
A ncurses based rpm handler
</dd>
	<dt><a href="http://www.javaflow.com/applications/index.html">PackRat</a><br>
	<Dd>
      PackRat is a console application developed in Java for administering RPM's on Linux.
</dd>

<dt><a href="http://www.linux-mandrake.com/cooker/urpmi.html">urpmi</a><br>
<dd>rpm wrapper handling dependencies making installs easier</dd>

      </dl>
<p>


     <h2> Spec file helpers</h2>
<p>
     <dl>

      	<dt>  <a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/rpmworkshop/">RPM Workshop</a><br>
<dd>
This tool will give the packager GUI access to take a new
              tar file and create a spec file and RPMS or open an exsisting spec file for updating
</dd>

	<dt>  <a href="http://weidner.in-bad-schmiedeberg.de/computer/linux/rpm/cpanflute.html">cpanflute</a><br>
<dd>
A console app for building spec files 
	from <a href="http://www.cpam.org/">CPAN</a> files
</dd>

	<dt>  <a href="http://www.klabs.net/rpmbuilder/">rpmbuilder</a><br>
<dd>
A Tk based gui app for building rpms and spec files
</dd>

	<dt> <a href="http://pegasus.rutgers.edu/~elflord/vim/syntax/">vim
syntax file for spec files</a><br>
<dd>
"spec.vim"  is responsible for the
syntax highlighting you enjoy when editing RPM spec files with the VIM
editor
</dd>

<dt><a href="http://sourceforge.net/project/?group_id=6329">phpRpmBuilder</a><br>
<dd>
              phpRPMBuilder is a web service that will server the novice/newbie audience, and give them an easy way to
              take small applications that only have tarred releases and build a simple spec file and resulting rpm file
</dd>

      	<dt>  <a href="http://www.xemacs.org/~stigb/rpm-spec-mode.el">rpm-spec-mode</a><br>
<dd>
Spec file mode for the emacs text editor. 
</dd>

	<dt>  <a href="http://www.linuxsupportline.com/~davin/pkgbuild.html">pkgbuild</a><br>
<dd>
A FOX based gui app for building spec files and rpms.
</dd>

<dt><a href="http://www.npsnet.com/danf/software/">autospec</a><br>
<dd>
A program which creates Red Hat Package Manager (RPM) spec files
automatically. 
</dd>

	<dt><a href="ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/authors/id/JWIED/">makerpm.pl</a><br>
<dd>A Perl script for building binary and source rpms of Perl packages.
</dd>

	<dt><a href="http://www.freezer-burn.org/rpmproc.php3">rpmrpoc</a><br>
	<dd>
	 A Perl script to help manage and build RPM packages</dd>

      </dl>

<p>
      <h2>Rpm Updaters</h2>
 <p>
  <dl>

	<dt> <a href="ftp://ftp.yellowdoglinux.com/pub/yellowdog/software/yup">Yup</a><br>
<dd>Yellowdog Update Program. Designed to be similar in function to
`apt-get`.
</dd>

	<dt>  <a href="http://www.kaybee.org/~kirk/html/linux.html">AutoRpm</a><br>
<dd>
Perl script to update a system against a set of rpms from any source. 
</dd>

	<dt> <a
href="ftp://ftp.cybertrails.com/pub/sysadmin/rhupdmgr/">rhupdmgr</a><br>
<dd>
Script to monitor for new updates, and holler at a sysadmin if you need
to install anything.
</dd>
	
	<dt>  <a href="http://www.iaehv.nl/users/grimaldo/info/scripts/">rpmwatch</a><br>
<dd>
Tracks installed packages against those listed on <a href="http://www.redhat.com">Red Hat's</a>
Errata page.
</dd>

   <dt>   	  <a href="ftp://missinglink.darkorb.net/pub/rhlupdate/">rhlupdate</a><br>
<dd>
A script to update a <a href="http://www.redhat.com">Red Hat</a> system by installing
upgraded rpms.
</dd>

	<dt>  <a href="ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/utils/package/">rpmupgrade</a><br>
<dd>
Shell script to facilitate flexible upgrading of RPM files.
</dd>

	<dt>  <a href="http://www.userfriendly.net/linux/RPM/contrib/noarch/noarch/rpm-updates-1.0-1.noarch.html">rpm-updates</a><br>
<dd>
A perl script to automate updating of rpm's. 
</dd>

	  <dt><a href="ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/utils/package">harvester</a><br>
<dd>
This Python script queries a given selection of remote
                web pages and/or FTP directories to find RPMs newer
                than those installed on your system.
 </dd>

<dt><a href="http://www.glyphic.com/free/RpmReadMe.html">Glyphic RPM
Updater</a><br>
<dd>
RPM package management tool for detecting all packages that need to
be upgraded and their dependencies.
</dd>

<dt><a href="http://h82.ryd.student.liu.se/programs/orat/">OpaL RPM Automation Tool</a><br>
<dd>
ORAT is a tool for automating the installation and upgrading of rpm-packages.
</dd>

<dt><a href="http://www.trustix.net/pub/Trustix/software/swup/">swup</a><br>
<dd>
SWUP is short for SoftWare UPdater, and is based on ideas from Debian
apt and rpmfind.
</dd>

<dt><a href="http://www.mat.univie.ac.at/~gerald/ftp/autoupdate/index.html">AutoUpdate</a><br>
<dd>
AutoUpdate is a simple Perl script which performs a task similar to RedHat's up2date or autorpm. 
</dd>

<dt><a href="http://apt-rpm.tuxfamily.org">apt-rpm</a><br>
<dd>
From Debian roots, apt-rpm performs 
	a task similar to RedHat's up2date or autorpm. 
</dd>

<dt><a href="http://apt4rpm.sf.net">apt4rpm</a><br>
<dd>
From Debian roots, by way of Connective, for the non-apt 
	server side enabled distributions. 
</dd>

<dt><a href="http://yasd.dhs.org/en/rhup.php3">rhup</a><br>
<dd>
rhup is a small perl-script which makes updates of running
              redhat-installations easier and faster.</dd>


</dl>

    <p>
      <h2>Misc utils</h2>
 <p>
     <dl>

<dt><a href="http://www.lepied.com/rpmlint/src/">rpmlint</a><br>
<dd>
A lint for rpms packages.
</dd>
<dt><a href="http://www.blackperl.com/Perl-RPM/">Perl-RPM</a><br>
<dd>The Perl-RPM package is an attempt at native Perl-level bindings 
	for the RPM Package Manager</dd>

<dt><a href="http://www.eleves.ens.fr:8080/home/espel/hacks.html">rpm2cpio.pl</a><br>
<dd>
The rpm2cpio converter written in perl.
</dd>

	<dt>
	<a href="http://www.cse.ogi.edu/DISC/projects/independence/">InDependence</a><br>
<dd>
	Project to develop a system to automatially satisfy RPM dependencies
</dd>

	<dt> <a href="http://w2l.sibnet.ro/rpm/">Rpm Extractor</a><br>
<dd>
	An rpm extractor for Windows.
</dd>

	<dt><a
href="http://www.coralys.com/products/rpmlevel.shtml">RpmLevel</a><br>
<dd>
	A perl utility for getting a synopsis of the rpms currently
	installed on a system
</dd> 

	<dt> <a href="http://wdowns.businesslink.com/ezrpm/">ezrpm</a><br>
<dd>
EzRPM takes one or more .rpm filenames as parameters, and installs,
them handling all dependencies by installing *additional* .rpms as necessary
</dd>

	<dt>  <a href="http://eesa.webstar.co.uk/rpm_cgi/">rpm.cgi</a><br>
<dd>
RPM.CGI allows browsing of the diffent RPMs installed on a system and provides
    different pages for the different information stored in the RPM database.
</dd>

<dt><a
href="ftp://ftp.obsidian.co.za/pub/linux/build-package/">build-package</a><br>
<dd>
Perl package to build rpms and debs from source packages.
</dd>


<dt><a href="http://www.mmedia.is/~bre/programs/setup.sh/">setup.sh</a><br>
<dd>
A shell script to build rms from source packages.
</dd>


<dt><a href="http://www.npsnet.com/danf/software/">slackrpm</a><br>
<dd>
A program which creates Red Hat Package Manager (RPM) packages from Slackware
packages.
</dd>

	<dt>  <a href="http://kitenet.net/programs/alien/">alien</a><br>
<dd>
Alien is a program that converts between the rpm, dpkg, stampede slp, and
slackware tgz file formats
</dd>

	<dt>  <a href="http://www.kaybee.org/~kirk/html/linux.html">rpm-utils</a><br>
<dd>
RPM-Utils is a collection of scripts for dealing with Red Hat Packages (RPMs). There are files that
will check a directory of RPMs against those already installed, extract only a certain file from an RPM,
or search directories for files that do not belong to an RPM. 
</dd>

<!--	<dt>  <a href="http://www.userfriendly.net/linux/RPM/openlinux/1.3/col/install/RPMS/rpm-query-0.4-4.i386.html">rpm-query</a><br>
<dd>
This package is a Web-Interface to search for installed RPM-Packages
and to list information on them.
</dd>
-->

	<dt> <a href="http://rook.lug.usf.edu/~g0ne/">autoinst</a><br>
<dd>
RedHat RPM Auto Package installation plugin for Netscape Communicator.
 When installed autoinst will automatically install rpm's clicked
while in Netscape. 
</dd> 	  

	<dt>  <a href="http://unix.hensa.ac.uk/ftp/mirrors/uunet/vendor/bitsko/pkgmaker/">pkgmaker</a><br>
<dd>
PkgMaker is a tool to build a Solaris package in the standard pkgadd format, from an RPM source package.
</dd>

<dt><a href="ftp://ftp.remotesensing.org/pub/sadm/cfmhrlis">cfmhrlis</a><br>
<dd>
Perl script to generate a list of files in /etc and config files identified
by rpm as config files.
</dd>

<dt><a href="http://yasd.dhs.org/rpmdep.php3">rpmdep</a><br>
<dd>A Perl-script to find dependencies for a set of RPMs.</dd>

	<dt><a href="http://www.kapowee.com/rpmdepend/">rpmdepend</a><br>
<dd>
  rpmdepend checks all installed rpm packages and reports on whether 
their dependencies are satisfied.</dd>

	<dt>  <a href="http://www.linux.or.jp/jrpm/">jrpm</a><br>
<dd>
A Japanese rpm project.</dd>

	<dt><a href="http://freshmeat.net/projects/bashcompletion/">bash
programmable completion</a> -- with RPM awareness, by Ian Macdonald - 
<a href="http://www.caliban.org/bash/index.shtml">also here</a><br>
<dd>
 The package adds functionality lookup 'responses' to accelerate [tab] 
conmpletion of opten-used bash shell commands -- RPM awareness is one of 
the covered packages.
</dd>



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