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<H1>ESP Package Manager 3.7 Released</H1>

<P><B>Hollywood, MD (December 22, 2003)</B> -- Easy Software
Products today announced the 3.7 release of the ESP Package
Manager ("EPM"), a cross-platform software distribution program
for UNIX.

<P>EPM v3.7 adds Slackware package support and fixes some bugs
discovered in package generation for several operating systems.
The new release is available on-line at:

<UL><PRE>
<A HREF="http://www.easysw.com/epm/">http://www.easysw.com/epm/</A>
</PRE></UL>

<P>EPM is a software packaging tool for all versions of UNIX that
generates software and patch distributions in various formats,
including:

<UL>

	<LI>AIX software packages ("installp")

	<LI>AT&T software packages ("pkgadd"), used by Solaris and others

	<LI>BSD packages ("pkg_create")

	<LI>Compaq Tru64 UNIX ("setld")

	<LI>Debian Package Manager ("dpkg")

	<LI>HP-UX software packages ("swinstall")

	<LI>IRIX software manager ("inst", "swmgr", or "tardist")

	<LI>MacOS X software packages ("name.pkg")

	<LI>Portable (installation and removal scripts with tar files)

	<LI>Red Hat Package Manager ("rpm")

	<LI>Slackware software packages ("name.pkg")

</UL>

<P>EPM also includes graphical "setup" and "uninstall" programs
that can be provided with your distributions to make
installation and removal of more than one package a snap.

<P>EPM is provided under the terms of the GNU General Public
License.  Please contact Easy Software Products at
<A HREF="mailto:info@easysw.com">info@easysw.com</A> for
commercial support.

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ESP Package Manager 3.7 Released

Hollywood, MD (December 22, 2003) -- Easy Software Products
today announced the 3.7 release of the ESP Package Manager
("EPM"), a cross-platform software distribution program for
UNIX.

EPM v3.7 adds Slackware package support and fixes some bugs
discovered in package generation for several operating systems. 
The new release is available on-line at:

    http://www.easysw.com/epm/

EPM is a software packaging tool for all versions of UNIX that
generates software and patch distributions in various formats,
including:

    - AIX software packages ("installp")
    - AT&T software packages ("pkgadd"), used by Solaris and
      others
    - BSD packages ("pkg_create")
    - Compaq Tru64 UNIX ("setld")
    - Debian Package Manager ("dpkg")
    - HP-UX software packages ("swinstall")
    - IRIX software manager ("inst", "swmgr", or "tardist")
    - MacOS X software packages ("name.pkg")
    - Portable (installation and removal scripts with tar files)
    - Red Hat Package Manager ("rpm")
    - Slackware software packages ("name.pkg")

EPM also includes graphical "setup" and "uninstall" programs
that can be provided with your distributions to make
installation and removal of more than one package a snap.

EPM is provided under the terms of the GNU General Public
License.  Please contact Easy Software Products at
"info@easysw.com" for commercial support.

