Encap Workshop

1. Introduction
   • Traditional Method of Software Management
   • A Possible Alternative
   • The Solution: Encap
   • What is Encap?
   • History of Encap
   • Encap Terminology
2. Encap Package Management using epkg
   • Installing
   • Removing
   • Batch Mode
   • Clean Mode
   • Versioning Capability
   • Forcing Conflict Resolution
   • Extracting tar Archives
   • Transaction Logging
   • Overriding Specific Packages
   • Excluding Specific Files
3. The Encap 1.x Package Format
   • Basic Structure
   • Encap 1.0: The encap.exclude File
   • Encap 1.1: Extentions to Encap 1.0
   • Shortcomings of Encap 1.x
4. The Encap 2.0 Package Format
   • General Structure
   • Naming Encap 2.0 Packages
   • Files in the Package Directory
   • Package Scripts
   • The encapinfo File
5. Creating Encap Packages with mkencap
   • Compiling Software for an Encap Package
   • Creating the Encap Package
   • Special Considerations
6. Conclusion
   • Future Direction
   • More Information