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About Boxenv


What is Boxenv? To make a long story short, Boxenv is a software suite written to improve the way software is distributed and installed on Unix-type platforms, especially (though not exclusively) Linux. Yes, there are a few tools that come with Boxenv other than installation tools, but the core feature of Boxenv always has and will be the improved method of packaging and installation. Boxenv already has implemented the following improvements in installation:

In addition to the ease-of-installation features Boxenv already has, there are plans to develop some more ease-of-installation features:

One objection some people have raised to the development of Boxenv is that we have enough software-distribution formats for our beloved platform already. That may be so, but just because we have enough formats already does not mean we have the right format already. Boxenv adresses issues of flexibility-and-ease of installation that the existing big-players (Autoconf and RPM) ignore. These issues need to be adressed if Linux is to successfully compete with Windows for marketshare (which on the long run will be something Linux will have to do if it is to continue to exist outside of museums).