What software can I install with ANPM today?

ANPM manages the installation, update, downgrade, and removal of software available as RPM (RedHat Package Manager) packages. RPM is a standard packaging method for Linux applications. These files end with a .rpm extension, and may only be extracted with a limited set of tools.

Whereas rpm (on OS/2, rpm.exe) itself is a standalone utility for installing, updating, downgrading, and removing such packages, YUM (Yellowdog Updater, Modified) provides the ability to store collections of RPMs in local or (more commonly) remote collections on the internet, called repositories.

Currently, the main repositories for ported applications for the OS/2 platform are located at Netlabs. Arca Noae also maintains repositories of varying types (see this wiki page for more information about available repositories, what types of packages they contain, and how to add them to ANPM to access their content).

It is important to note that the Netlabs and Arca Noae repositories may contain ported Linux applications and other software and/or documentation. In short, the RPM packaging structure is not limited to only ported Linux applications.

In terms of ported applications, there is quite a selection, and it is growing daily. From development tools to networking utilities to scripting engines to documentation readers, many well known and freely available apps are only a few clicks away from being useful to the average OS/2 user.