1. Syzix: heading off the beaten $PATH
Kevin Pulo
Academic Consultant, NCI, ANU
@_devkev_

2. Traditional package install
/usr/bin
/usr/lib
/usr/sbin
/usr/share
/bin
/lib
/sbi n
...

3. Traditional package install
/usr/bin
/usr/lib
/usr/sbin
/usr/share
/bin
/lib
/sbi n
...

4. Single package version

5. Single package version

6. Syzix package install
/sw/$repo/$arch/$pkgname/$version

7. Multiple package versions

8. Multiple package versions`
Multiple package versions

9. Multiple package versions
GNU Stow `
Multiple package versions

10. Multiple package versions
GNU Stow `
Multiple package versions
virtualenv

11. Multiple package versions
GNU Stow
Multiple package versions
virtualenv

12. Multiple package versions
GNU Stow
OSTree
Multiple package versions
virtualenv

13. Multiple package versions
GNU Stow
OSTree
Multiple package versions
virtualenv

14. Multiple package versions
GNU Stow
OSTree
Multiple package versions
virtualenv

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17. Flickr user –char--, CC-BY-NC-SA

18. Dynamic runtime version selection

19. Dynamic runtime version selection

20. Dynamic runtime version selection
Environment
Modules modules.sourceforge.net

21. syz load python/2.6.7 $
syz avail python /sw/nix/x86_64-linux/.sf python/ python/2.7.3-wrapper python/2.7.3(default) python3/3.2.3 $
python
-bash: python: command not found $
$ syz list Currently Loaded Syzfiles: 1) modules/ ) modext/devel 2) shwrapnel/devel 4) syz/devel $
python Python (r267:88850, Jul , 19:59:23) [GCC 4.6.3] on linux2 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> $

22. syz unload python $
python Python (default, Jul , 19:54:40) [GCC 4.6.3] on linux2 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> $
syz swap python/2.7.3 $
$ syz list Currently Loaded Syzfiles: 1) modules/ ) zlib/ ) shwrapnel/devel ) gcc/ ) modext/devel ) bzip2/ ) syz/devel ) attr/ ) linux-headers/ ) acl/ ) glibc/ ) coreutils/ ) bash/4.2-p ) python/2.6.7 $
python
-bash: python: command not found $

23. Stable + Unstable Hans van der Boom, CC-BY-NC-ND

24. Rollback package updates

25. Safely test new versions

26. Rolling release + Standard release Telstar Logistics, CC-BY-NC
US AIr Force, CC-BY-NC

27. Binary packages + Source builds Marcel van Schooten, CC-BY
Victor Gregorio, PD

28. Builds parametrised by $version
Flickr user **tWo pInK pOSsuMs**, CC-BY-NC-ND

29. Standalone install* + Hosted install Flickr user Mrs Logic, CC-BY
* Not yet
Flickr user ausemade, CC-BY-NC-SA
ausemade/ /

30. Multi-user systems
Power users
Developers

31. Tomorrow 10:40am MCC5 http://syzix.org/