Linux on any device

Ige is a simple, uncomplicated and powerful package manager application for Linux-based (or Linux-like) operating systems.

Ige has been a part of the Igelle operating system for some time now; at this time, it is now also released properly as a standalone project. Ige is a very small, very simple, but very usable and powerful software package manager tool that can do various things:

* Installation, removal and updating of software packages
* Fully compatible with deb and ipk formats
* Automatic dependency resolution
* Local or HTTP -based installations
* Very small in terms of code and footprint

“Very small” above relates currently to 943 lines of C code, and ~42kb compiled binary on i386 and ~16kb compiled binary on ARMv4t. It does depend in runtime on some standard utilities, such as gzip, tar and wget (for HTTP support).

Code is still early and surely has bugs and issues remaining - regardless, it is mature enough for everyday use and has been used as the package manager of Igelle for some time already. All testing and comments are, as usual, highly appreciated.

For downloads and more information, please refer to the Ige project site.

Tags: Announcements, Ige