Hello List,

I just stumbled on the www.pcbsd.org Website and read about their
new packaging system, which does not rely on pkg_add.

"The PC-BSD package manager doesn't use pkg_add, or the ports system, or
even RPM. Instead we've developed more of a straight-up installer approach.
Software packages are installed into their own separate directories,
complete with libraries and all. The goal is to have installed programs be
entirely self contained, so that if the lib's on the system change, the
package will be unaffected. Each package is installed into its own
subdirectory under "/usr/local/MyPrograms/". The PC-BSD installer takes care
of making links, setting up binaries to find their required libraries,
creating icons, etc. Removing the app is also managed by PC-BSD. The
directory is simply removed, along with any relevant icons / links created."

Which sounds interesting to me.
Just check out their Website for more information:
http://www.pcbsd.org/?p=packages

Zafer.