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  2. APT (software) - Wikipedia

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    Advanced Package Tool (APT) is a free-software user interface that works with core libraries to handle the installation and removal of software on Debian and Debian-based Linux distributions. [4] APT simplifies the process of managing software on Unix-like computer systems by automating the retrieval, configuration and installation of software ...

  3. PackageKit - Wikipedia

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    installing local files, ServicePack media and packages from remote sources; authorization using Polkit; the use of existing packaging tools; multi-user system awareness – it will not allow shutdown in critical parts of the transaction; a system-activated daemon which exits when not in use

  4. Debian configuration system - Wikipedia

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    When packages are being installed, debconf asks the user questions which determine the contents of the system-wide configuration files associated with that package. After package installation, it is possible to go back and change the configuration of a package by using the dpkg-reconfigure program, or another program such as Synaptic .

  5. List of widget toolkits - Wikipedia

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    MUI: object-oriented GUI toolkit and the official toolkit for MorphOS. ReAction: object-oriented GUI toolkit and the official toolkit for AmigaOS. Zune (GUI toolkit) is an open source clone of MUI and the official toolkit for AROS.

  6. Synaptic (software) - Wikipedia

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    Synaptic is a GTK-based graphical user interface designed for the APT package manager used by the Debian Linux distribution and its derivatives. [2] Synaptic is usually used on systems based on deb packages but can also be used on systems based on RPM packages. It can be used to install, remove and upgrade software packages and to add repositories.

  7. Comparison of Linux distributions - Wikipedia

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    as per Debian 2025-02-10 X Debian desktop None Active NixOS: Eelco Dolstra and Armijn Hemel NixOS Foundation 2003 24.11 0.5 years 2024-11-30 X – general, server, desktop None Active Novell Open Enterprise Server: Novell: Novell, Inc. dev team: 2003 2023 ? 2022-10 X SUSE Linux Enterprise Server: server Commercial [55] Active OpenELEC: Stephan ...

  8. GNOME Software - Wikipedia

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    GNOME Software is a utility for installing applications and updates on Linux.It is part of the GNOME Core Applications, and was introduced in GNOME 3.10. [3]It is the GNOME front-end to the PackageKit, in turn a front-end to several package management systems, which include systems based on both RPM and DEB.

  9. Enlightenment (window manager) - Wikipedia

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    The first version of Enlightenment was released by Carsten Haitzler in 1997. [6] [7] Originally, it was just a window manager before the addition of the EFL in E17.[8]With the release of E17 written with the EFL in 2012, Enlightenment went through a major rewrite, splitting the codebase into 0.16 (E16) and the versions after (E17).