Re: Best supported package manager?

[Gary Thomas <gary@mlbassoc.com>]

On 2013-10-08 14:09, Rudolf Streif wrote:
>
>>Which package manager (ipk, rpm, deb) is best supported currently in poky?  I am wondering which manager is the most tested and stable?
>
> RPM is the default package manager. I would expect that it has gotten the most mileage so far because of that. All of them are tested with autobuilder. IPK is probably the next
> commonly used one since popular for embedded systems for its leightweight and smaller footprint design. You can have YP build for any combination of the package managers at the
> same time. The builds just take longer. I recommend starting with RPM and when your system boots try out the other ones if you need to.

Actually, the package manager is a distribution choice and while
Poky might use RPM, many others use IPK.  Of course this is just
the default and depending on your distribution you may be able
to override that choice.

Each style of packaging has it's pros and cons (see the mailing
list archives) but for embedded systems IPK is a winner due to its
much lighter footprint (at least that's my experience).  Also note
that Poky (and OE in general) used IPK for much longer than they
have been using RPM which has only been in the past couple of years :-)

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