Conary

Conary replaces existing software package management solutions with features developed to address some of the common problems in package management. Conary features software installed and maintained from networked repositories. With dependencies defined at the file level, Conary's built-in dependency resolution brings in only the components needed from other packages instead of entire packages. Conary users can install and maintain software as well as to roll a Conary-based system back to a previous state before one or more updates.

Concepts & Features

• Conary Concepts
• Conary Repository
  • Version Strings
  • Flavors
• Updates and Rollbacks

Conary Presentations and Whitepapers

Maintain Conary-based Systems

Use the following links as a reference for maintaining a Conary-based system:

• Conary Configuration - reference for maintaining configuration (conaryrc) files
• Conary QuickReference - a quick list of commands to do common maintenance tasks
• Conary Commands - linked index of all command reference pages; commands beginning in conary are of particular note for maintaining a system
• Appliance Administration - reference for administration tasks on software appliances with the rPath Appliance Platform

Community Interests

• Standalone Repositories
• Derivative Distributions
• Conary Developer Community

Package Software for Conary

Users can package software to take advantage of Conary's features. Use the following links to find instructions and reference for Conary packaging:

• Conary Packaging, including instructions and reference for:
  • Setting up a build environment
  • Recipe writing

Frequently used reference points:

• Recipe Templates
• Package Recipe Classes
• Group Recipe Classes
• Flavors (and flavor specifications)
• Conary Commands
• Conary Application Programming Interface (API) Documentation
• New Package Tutorial