Paludis is a package manager for Gentoo (and derived distributions) and Exherbo. It consists of a core library and a number of console-based clients. Package formats supported include Gentoo ebuilds and kdebuilds (as defined by the Package Manager Specification), the Exherbo exheres-0 format, and various miscellaneous utility pseudo-formats for managing accounts, unwritten and unavailable packages, and packages for which no package exists.
| Tags | Software Distribution Software Distribution Tools |
|---|---|
| Licenses | GPL |
| Operating Systems | POSIX Linux |
| Implementation | C++ Unix Shell bash |
Recent releases


Release Notes: A compilation fix for certain compilers. Fixes a segfault when encountering blockers inside || ( ) dependencies.


Release Notes: Various bugfixes and disgusting workarounds for broken inputs. cave print-ids, etc. now have a '%u' format for a uniquely identifying spec. cave print-checksum has been added for convenience. This release uses metadata/md5-cache if it exists. Compilation with GCC 4.7 should now work.


Release Notes: Added and changed options are now displayed in 'resolve' output, even if they are hidden.


Release Notes: Hardlinks are now handled cleanly by pbins. Ruby 1.9 is now supported. Minor bugfixes have been made.


Release Notes: This release changes the documentation and Git URLs from paludis.pioto.org to paludis.exherbo.org. Gentoo's new boost.python library names are now recognized.