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<HTML>
<HEAD>
	<TITLE>Software Distribution Using the ESP Package Manager</TITLE>
	<META NAME="Author" CONTENT="Michael Sweet">
	<META NAME="Copyright" CONTENT="Copyright 1999-2001 by Easy Software Products">
	<META NAME="DocNumber" CONTENT="ESP-004-20010705">
</HEAD>
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<H1 ALIGN="RIGHT">Preface</H1>

<P>This document provides a tutorial and reference for the ESP Package
Manager ("EPM") software, version 3.0.</P>

<H2>Organization of this Manual</H2>

<P>This document is organized into the following chapters and appendices:</P>

<UL>

	<LI><A HREF="#INTRO">1 - Introduction to EPM</A></LI>

	<LI><A HREF="#BUILDING">2 - Building EPM</A></LI>

	<LI><A HREF="#PACKAGING">3 - Packaging Your Software with EPM</A></LI>

	<LI><A HREF="#ADVANCED">4 - Advanced Packaging with EPM</A></LI>

	<LI><A HREF="#LICENSE">A - Software License Agreement</A></LI>

	<LI><A HREF="#MANPAGES">B - Command Reference</A></LI>

	<LI><A HREF="#REFERENCE">C - List File Reference</A></LI>

	<LI><A HREF="#RELNOTES">D - Release Notes</A></LI>

	<LI><A HREF="#SAMPLE">E - Sample List File</A></LI>

</UL>

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<H2>Notation Conventions</H2>

<P>Various font and syntax conventions are used in this guide. Examples and
their meanings and uses are explained below:</P>

<CENTER><TABLE WIDTH="80%">
<TR>
	<TH>Example</TH>
	<TD>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
	<TH>Description</TH>
</TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR VALIGN="TOP">
	<TD><CODE>epm</CODE><BR>
	<CODE>epm(1)</CODE></TD>

	<TD>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

	<TD>The names of commands; the first mention of a command or
	function in a chapter is followed by a manual page section
	number.</TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR VALIGN="TOP">
	<TD><VAR>/var</VAR><BR>
	<VAR>/usr/bin/epm</VAR></TD>

	<TD>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

	<TD>File and directory names.</TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR VALIGN="TOP">
	<TD NOWRAP><TT>Request ID is Printer-123</TT></TD>

	<TD>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

	<TD>Screen output.</TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR VALIGN="TOP">
	<TD NOWRAP><KBD>lp -d printer filename ENTER</KBD></TD>

	<TD>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

	<TD>Literal user input; special keys like <KBD>ENTER</KBD> are
	in ALL CAPS.</TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR VALIGN="TOP">
	<TD NOWRAP><KBD>foo start of long command \<BR>
	&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;end of long command ENTER</KBD></TD>

	<TD>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

	<TD>Long commands are broken up on multiple lines using the
	backslash (\) character. Enter the commands without the
	backslash.</TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR VALIGN="TOP">
	<TD>12.3</TD>

	<TD>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

	<TD>Numbers in the text are written using the period (.) to indicate
	the decimal point.</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE></CENTER>

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<H2>Abbreviations</H2>

<P>The following abbreviations are used throughout this manual:</P>

<UL>
<DL>

	<DT>kb</DT>
	<DD>Kilobytes, or 1024 bytes<BR>&nbsp;</DD>

	<DT>Mb</DT>
	<DD>Megabytes, or 1048576 bytes<BR>&nbsp;</DD>

	<DT>Gb</DT>
	<DD>Gigabytes, or 1073741824 bytes<BR>&nbsp;</DD>

</DL>
</UL>

<H2>Other References</H2>

<UL>
<DL>

	<DT><A HREF="http://www.easysw.com/epm/">http://www.easysw.com/epm/</A></DT>

	<DD>The official home page of the ESP Package Manager software.
	<BR>&nbsp;</DD>

	<DT><A HREF="http://www.debian.org/devel/">http://www.debian.org/devel/</A></DT>

	<DD>Debian Developers' Corner<BR>&nbsp;</DD>

	<DT><A HREF="http://techpubs.sgi.com/">http://techpubs.sgi.com/</A></DT>

	<DD>IRIX Documentation On-Line<BR>&nbsp;</DD>

	<DT><A HREF="http://www.rpm.org/">http://www.rpm.org/</A></DT>

	<DD>The RedHat Package Manager home page.<BR>&nbsp;</DD>

	<DT><A HREF="http://docs.sun.com/">http://docs.sun.com/</A></DT>

	<DD>Solaris Documentation On-Line<BR>&nbsp;</DD>

</DL>
</UL>

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