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After 47 years, OpenVMS gets a package manager (VSP)
Raymii.orgQuis custodiet ipsos custodes? Home | About | All pages | Cluster Status | RSS Feed After 47 years, OpenVMS gets a package manager (VSP)! Published: 17-03-2025 20:33 | Author: Remy van Elst | Text only version of this article Table of Contents As of the 18th of February, OpenVMS, known for its stability and high-availability, 47 years old and ported to 4 different CPU architecture, has a package manager! This article shows you how to use the package manager and talks about a few of its quirks. It's an early beta version, and you do notice that when using it.
I think that the Software Portal repository / REST API needs some sort of extra manifest file describing package dependencies and versions. Hopefully, future versions will improve dependency handling and automation, bringing OpenVMS package management closer to what Linux users are accustomed to. Tags: alpha, apt, blog, c++, dec, dnf, itanium, linux, openvms, packages, pdp, vax, virtualbox, vms, vsi, x86, yum
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