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One of the points of different between most Linux Distribution is the PackageManagementTool they use.
A PackageManagementTool is a program, or set of programs, that give the system administrator (whether that be an administrator of a large network of machines, or Joe Public at his single-user Linux desktop) rapid, easy control over which packages are installed.
-Most PackageManagementTools
revolve around binary distributions of packages. That is, they access a repository of pre-compiled packages and installs the package best suited to your system architecture. They can also offer source packages, so you can build the package locally, perhaps modifying it or changing its optimisations in the process. Other PackageManagementTools
are source-based - they either don't provide binary packages, or try really hard to avoid it. These download the original sources for a package, apply any vendor-provided patches, then compile for the local machine. Takes longer, but some people swear it gives them much better performance.
+Most [PackageManagementTool]s
revolve around binary distributions of packages. That is, they access a repository of pre-compiled packages and installs the package best suited to your system architecture. They can also offer source packages, so you can build the package locally, perhaps modifying it or changing its optimisations in the process. Other [PackageManagementTool]s
are source-based - they either don't provide binary packages, or try really hard to avoid it. These download the original sources for a package, apply any vendor-provided patches, then compile for the local machine. Takes longer, but some people swear it gives them much better performance.
Some features of a PackageManagementTool are:
* Provide a repository of some form, of packages which the administrator can install on their machine(s).
