Managing Computer Systems by Building Your Own Packages

[Ivan Avery Frey]

Date:  February 24, 2010 - 11:00am - 12:00pm
Location:  Galbraith Building, Room 248
Presenter:  Alan Rosenthal

Most operating systems use "package management" systems for installing
software. These packages do not merely list files; they can express a
wide variety of system configuration information. Building your own
packages is easier than you might think, and can be a powerful way to
manage and customize large numbers of computer systems, replacing tools
such as cfengine. I build custom Debian packages to do most
configuration of almost all of the Debian and Ubuntu machines I manage.
In this talk I will tell you how to build your own. Similar approaches
can be used with almost any modern computer system.

URL:
http://techknowfile.org/events/managing-computer-systems-building-your-own-packages
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