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  2. dpkg - Wikipedia

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    dpkg is the software at the base of the package management system in the free operating system Debian and its numerous derivatives. dpkg is used to install, remove, and provide information about .deb packages. dpkg (Debian Package) itself is a low-level tool.

  3. List of software package management systems - Wikipedia

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    dpkg: Originally used by Debian and now by Ubuntu.Uses the .deb format and was the first to have a widely known dependency resolution tool, APT.The ncurses-based front-end for APT, aptitude, is also a popular package manager for Debian-based systems;

  4. APT (software) - Wikipedia

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    APT can be considered a front end to dpkg, friendlier than the older dselect front end. While dpkg performs actions on individual packages, APT manages relations (especially dependencies) between them, as well as sourcing and management of higher-level versioning decisions (release tracking and version pinning).

  5. 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.

  6. Debian build toolchain - Wikipedia

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    Debian is a binary-oriented distribution, meaning that its deb packages include precompiled binaries and data files arranged into a file system hierarchy that the software expects. The Debian build toolchain thus needs instructions on how to use the upstream build system to build correct deb packages.

  7. Debian configuration system - Wikipedia

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    debconf is a software utility for performing system-wide configuration tasks on Unix-like operating systems. It is developed for the Debian Linux distribution, and is closely integrated with Debian's package management system, dpkg.

  8. deb (file format) - Wikipedia

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    Fink, a port of dpkg and APT to macOS, uses deb packages. [30] [31] Nexenta OS, a discontinued OS based on OpenSolaris, included Debian package management software and the use of deb packages. Debian GNU/kFreeBSD, an OS that uses a GNU based userland and the FreeBSD kernel. Debian GNU/Hurd. Some jailbroken iOS devices (iPhones, iPads and iPods ...

  9. aptitude (software) - Wikipedia

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    aptitude was created in 1999. At the time two other terminal-based APT-like front ends were available: the dselect program, which had been used to manage packages on Debian before APT was created, and the console-apt program, a project that was considered to be the heir apparent to dselect.