Package Format
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A Package Format is a file format for archive files.
- Example(s):
- See: Package Manager, Alien (File Converter), Archive File, Archive File Format, Manifest File, Executable Files.
References
2020
- (Wikipedia, 2020) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/package_format Retrieved:2020-6-16.
- A package format is a type of archive containing computer programs and additional metadata needed by package managers. [1] While the archive file format itself may be unchanged, package formats bear additional metadata, such as a manifest file or certain directory layouts. Packages may contain either source code or executable files.
Packages may be converted from one type to another with software such as Alien.
- A package format is a type of archive containing computer programs and additional metadata needed by package managers. [1] While the archive file format itself may be unchanged, package formats bear additional metadata, such as a manifest file or certain directory layouts. Packages may contain either source code or executable files.
- ↑ Justin Angelo Cappos, Stork: Secure Package Management for VM Environments, ProQuest, 2008, p. 128