= General CMT FAQ =

by V.Garonne                                                   [[BR]]
Date: 05.4.2005                                                [[BR]]
Version : 0.1                                                  [[BR]]
Web site: [http://www.cmtsite.org/ http://www.cmtsite.org/]    [[BR]]

= General Information =

== What is CMT ? ==

[http://www.cmtsite.org/ CMT](__C__onfiguration __M__anagement __T__ool) is a configuration management environment, based on some management conventions and comprises several shell-based utilities. It is an attempt to formalize software production and especially configuration management around a package-oriented principle.

== How to install CMT ? ==

See: [http://www.cmtsite.org/install.html Install]

== Are there copyright restrictions on the use of CMT ? ==

Not really. CMT is provided as an Open-Source product, with available sources, and is opened to any contribution from anybody.

See the license page [http://www.cecill.info/licences.en.html agreement]) to find further explanations and a link to the full text of the license.

== How do I get documentation on CMT ? ==

All documentation is available on-line, starting at [http://www.cmtsite.org/documents.html Documents].

== Is there a mailing list devoted to CMT ? ==

There is a mailing list, [http://www.cmtsite.org/discussion.html mailing list].

== I've never used CMT before. Is there a CMT tutorial? ==

There are numerous tutorials avalaible here [http://www.cmtsite.org/documents.html Documents].

* [wiki:VincentTrial How do i begin playing with CMT(by Vincent Garonne)?]

== How do I submit bug reports for CMT ? ==

To report a bug, please use the relevant service from the Trac project.

* Bugs: [http://trac.lal.in2p3.fr/CMT/newticket New Ticket] 

== How to create a package ? ==

 cmt create <package_name> <version>