Fink is apackagemanagementsystem for MacOS X and Darwinsystems. ItutilizesDebians apt anddpkg tools,while"fink"itself is thesource topackagebuildingsystem. Theproject alsoadapts sourcesfor broadercompatibilitywith Mac/Darwinsystems.
rpmrebuild is atool to buildan RPM filefrom a packagethat hasalready beeninstalled in abasic use,rpmrebuild usedo not requireany rpmbuildingknowledge. (Ondebian, theequivalentproduct isdpkg-repack)
pmerizor is ascript thatallows you tocreate an RPMpackage frominstalledfiles. Yousimply have tospecify fileson the commandline andanswering a fewinteractivequestions tofill rpmmeta-data(package name,version ...).You can alsouse it in batchmode withcommand lineoptions formeta-data.
Limba is anexperimentalcross-distributionpackageinstallationscheme. Itutilizes filesystemvirtualization(overlayfs) toallow 3rd-partyapplicationbundles to rununmodifiedalongsidedistropackages.It's apossiblesuccessor toListaller/AutoPackage,integrates withPackageKit andXDG desktopmanagementfacilities.
smake is ahighly portable'make'program thatmakes commandsup to datebased on rulesin Makefilesand on thetimestamps ofthe relatedfiles. Itimplements acompletesuperset of thefeatures of theclassicalPOSIX/Unix makeprogram. Itwarns abouttypical misuseof dynamicmacros thatpreventportability ofmakefiles. Itsautomakefeatures allowyou to runscripts toautomaticallycreate rulesfor unknownplatforms.
Debreate is atool that helpsbuilding Debianpackages(.deb). Itprovides aneasy to useinterface toset control andmetainformation,select filesfor packaging,dependencies,and addscripts.