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--- parsec_created_freeware_for_your_tru64_5.1_system [2020/04/15 17:53] – sgriggs
+++ parsec_created_freeware_for_your_tru64_5.1_system [2020/04/17 14:50] – [Available Software] sgriggs
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 ==== Available Software ====
-Remember the download URL is [[https://wiki.parsec.com/tru64-freeware|Tru64 Freeware]]
+Remember the download URL is [[https://wiki.parsec.com/tru64-freeware|Tru64 Freeware]].
   * AIDE Intrusion detection system
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   * libiconv v1.14 Dependancy for several GNU packages
   * lrzsz v0.12.20 X/Y/Z Modem protocol support tools & utilities
+  * Lua v5.3.5
   * m4 v1.4 M4 is garbage, but it's required for some software
   * mhash v0.9.9.9 CLI hash generator tool for many hashing formats
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   * GNU Readline v6.3
   * Rsync v3.1.2 the wonderful file sync tool from Tridge
-  * sudo-1.8.16 The Sudo security tool
+  * sudo-1.8.31p1 The Sudo security tool
   * GNU tar v1.28
   * INFO-ZIP unzip v6.10b
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   * zlib v1.2.8 the compression library that's a dependency for tons of stuff including secure shell
+===== Installation and Removal of These Packages =====
+These packages were not created with Tru64's **setld** packaging tool. The reason is that we didn't want to interfere with native Tru64 packages. We also didn't want to use **setld** because it's not a great packaging tool. It's super slow, too.
+Instead we went with [[EPM|https://www.msweet.org/epm/]] instead. EPM has a "portable" format which creates self-installing scripts which contain all the package binaries. You'll unpack the package tarball and find about four files within them. One of the files will be a "myprogram.install" script (the installer you run) and you'll also notice there is a "myprogram.sw" file which contains the actual archived data for the package. It'll ask you if you want to install the package, then it'll have you accept the license.
+EPM packages are simple, but loaded with features. One feature is that when you install an EPM portable package you'll end up with a link in /etc/software called "myprogram.remove". This is the removal script which will fully uninstall and remove the package. It'll also restore any backup files which were previously clobbered by the package.
+Keep in mind that some packages (like OpenSSH) have dependencies. The EPM package manager supports dependencies but I'm afraid that not all the packages have a proper dep-tree. So, if something isn't working, go check it's dependencies on another system and try to satisfy those. That or do an **ldd** against the non-working binaries and see if you see any missing dynamic libraries. Those are probably dependencies either missed by the packager or some other issue.
 ===== OpenSSH Updated for Tru64! =====
 Best of all, we compile and package our own version of OpenSSH for Tru64 5.1 ! It works a LOT better than the DEC, Compaq, and HP versions which are very old SSH Communications versions of Secure Shell and have a lot of incompatibility problems now. If you choose to use OpenSSH 7.5p1, you can still use SSH version1, interact with OpenVMS systems, as well as communicate with modern SSH2 protocols and Linux machines. It's the best of all worlds at the moment for Tru64.