Smart Package Manager
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Smart is a software project aiming to create a package manager for Linux with "notable advantages over native tools currently in use", (e.g. APT and YUM). It claims to do a better job of resolving conflicting dependencies than existing tools.
Although formally in beta testing, Smart has long been available for download for use with many Linux distributions and Mac OS X. Smart is free software software released under the GNU General Public License (GPL).
[edit] Restrictions
From the Smart FAQ page:
Short answer: No.
Long answer: No, unless you have the non-native package system installed in the same machine. Even then, that doesn't mean it would be a good idea. Smart is not meant as a universal wrapper around different package formats. It does support RPM, DEB and Slackware packages on a single system, but won't permit relationships among different package managers. While cross-packaging system dependencies could be enabled easily, the packaging policies simply do not exist today. This is not at all different from what you can already do. In fact, Debian has been shipping the RPM package manager for a few years now. "Possible" does not equal "good idea", and everybody should stick to their native package format.
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