Porto Alegre, Brazil, August 22, 2010. The packaging system and software distribution Rudix is 5 years old.
I still remember the early days of Rudix sitting in front of my iBook , elaborating the first Makefiles revenue of the first packet. Yeah, time goes fast!
As the name suggests, is Rudix egocentrically the addition of my name (Ruda) with the term Unix, the same as it did Linus Torvalds with Linux. If he can do it, why can not I? :) Originally the
Rudix would be the perfect Linux distribution ever made in the entire history of mankind . I changed my operating system, Linux to Mac OS X, and I noticed that some software was not available. For example, wget does not come by default in Mac
looked for solutions that will hand me over wget compiled but not like what I saw, they kept the complications of inherited packaging of Linux. I decided to do a simpler system, so that I could apply what they had learned with Linux on my Mac was then that (re-) baptized Rudix the project.
What is Rudix?
The Rudix consists of two parts, a construction system and software packaging, which is called port system of or build system, that part is usually reserved for developping, but the first version of Rudix ( 2005r1) was the only delivered to the user.
Rudix The other part of the software is precompiled and packaged for distribution, and this is what many people demand and that has been popular at Rudix. I usually distribute Rudix as "massive package," in which all software can be installed all at once, the massive package has been downloaded over 3,000 times in the 2010 version. Optionally allows the Rudix install packages individually , for example, Midnight Commander is champion with 1,000 individual downloads! downloads, followed by wget. The Differential
But what differentiates Rudix from other systems? The Rudix seeks to maintain fidelity to the standards of behavior that Mac OS X requires. First, the software was installed as packages (. Pkg on Mac) independent and self-sufficient. This means that there is no dependencies on other libraries, unless the Mac's own native
The Rudix never replace the original components of the Mac and not "contaminate" the original installation. Seeking to keep the installation packages within the established
directory / usr / local / , instead of inventing a crazy option, as / opt / rudix / . By keeping the way "Mac OS X friendly" to be, I believe that Rudix has a guaranteed place for a public demanding but at the same time, does not like to lose a lot of time thinking about dependencies and builds.
Certainly 5 years is a milestone for the project. Long live the Rudix!
Trivia
Rudix stable versions are hosted on SourceForge , and the project is under development at Google Code .
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