What is Encap?
Encap is:
- a package management system for Unix systems
- intended to manage third-party freeware
- usually restricted to /usr/local
- allows easy sharing of compiled software
- makes installation, removal, and upgrading extremely easy
Encap is not:
- intended to replace the native packaging system for any given platform
- a source code management system
- a system to maintain binaries for multiple architectures in the same tree
Mark D. Roth <roth@uiuc.edu>