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Newer page: version 27 Last edited on Monday, July 11, 2005 6:23:51 am by AristotlePagaltzis
Older page: version 26 Last edited on Sunday, July 10, 2005 7:11:00 pm by PeterHewett Revert
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 There are several main 'flavours' of PackageManagementTool in use in various LinuxDistribution. These include: 
  
 <tt>rpm</tt>: 
- RedHat [Package] Manager. Obviously , RedHat uses this, and so to many other distros . File format is [RPM]. 
+ RedHat [Package] Manager, used not only by RedHat but also a number of others . Its [RPM] format for [Package]s has become a sort of standard because it was the first one used in any LinuxDistribution that had any form of dependency management
 <tt>dpkg</tt>: 
  This is [Debian]'s [Package] manager. KnoppixLinux, [Progeny] and other LinuxDistribution~s are "Debian-based" and thus use this as well. FileFormat is [Deb]. 
 <tt>.tgz</tt>: 
  [Slackware] uses nearly plain TarBall~s that include a description and a postinstall script. 
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  FedoraCore's conconction. The vendor-recommended way to install software on that distribution. 
 [APT]: 
  One of the best tools around. It traditionally wraps <tt>dpkg</tt>, but there is an AptForRpm variant now (and rapidly gaining popularity). It was the first front-end to nicely handle dependencies: <tt>apt-get install foo</tt> will automatically download and install not only <tt>foo</tt>, but also any unfulfilled dependencies <tt>foo</tt> may have. There are lots of supplemental utilities surrounding -- see DebianPackageTools. 
 [urpmi]: 
- [Mandriva's|Mandriva] package management tool based on [RPM]. 
+ [Mandriva] 's PackageManagementTool based on [RPM].