====== Package ======
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A **Package** is an archive file with its contents stored according to a **Package Format** which describes the files contained in the archive as well as additional metadata required by [[dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:p:packagemanager | Package Managers]] to successfully retrieve the contents of the archive. Some examples of **Package Metadata**  are manifests describing the contents of the **Package**,  directory layouts, [[dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:a:acl | Access Control Lists (ACLs). Examples of some files stored in the Package are [[dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:s:sourcecode]], executable files, images, and **''makefiles''**.

There are tools available that allow the Packages to be repackaged from on Package Formats to another.  

Source: [[dido:public:ra | Local DIDO RA definition ]]


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