Managing Linux® Systems with Webmin™ System Administration and Module Development
by Jamie Cameron
12.7. Other Operating Systems
Linux is not the only version of UNIX that uses packages to simplify the process of installing and removing software. The operating systems listed below can also use the Software Packages module, with an almost identical user interface. However, each has its own packaging format that is incompatible with Linux or any other variety of UNIX.
The differences between each UNIX's package system and RPM are explained below:
Sun Solaris, SCO OpenServer, and SCO UNIXWare
All of these operating systems use the same basic System V package format, but packages from one cannot be installed on any of the others.
Package files are usually named something.pkg or something.pkg.gz. If a package file is compressed, Webmin will uncompress ...
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