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Besides the distributions that use YUM directly, SUSE Linux 10.1 [33] added support for YUM repositories in YaST, and the Open Build Service repositories use the YUM XML repository format metadata. [31] YUM automatically synchronizes the remote meta data to the local client, with other tools opting to synchronize only when requested by the user.
DNF (abbreviation for Dandified YUM) [7] [8] [9] is a package manager for Red Hat-based Linux distributions and derivatives. DNF was introduced in Fedora 18 in 2013 as a replacement for yum ; [ 10 ] it has been the default package manager since Fedora 22 in 2015 [ 11 ] and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 [ when? ] [ 12 ] and is also an alternative ...
A software repository, or repo for short, is a storage location for software packages. Often a table of contents is also stored, along with metadata. A software repository is typically managed by source or version control, or repository managers. Package managers allow automatically installing and updating repositories, sometimes called "packages".
Yum extends the functionality of the backend by adding features such as simple configuration for maintaining a network of systems. As another example, the Synaptic Package Manager provides a graphical user interface by using the Advanced Packaging Tool (apt) library, which, in turn, relies on dpkg for core functionality.
It is also possible to name your JavaScript page as the name of your preferred skin (see the section about skins) followed by .js, e.g. vector.js or monobook.js. JavaScript in such pages is only used while you are using that skin; should you change your skin, you would need to move the JavaScript page to the name of your new skin.
RPM was originally written in 1997 by Erik Troan and Marc Ewing, [1] based on pms, rpp, and pm experiences.. pm was written by Rik Faith and Doug Hoffman in May 1995 for Red Hat Software, its design and implementations were influenced greatly by pms, a package management system by Faith and Kevin Martin in the fall of 1993 for the Bogus Linux Distribution.
For APT, a repository is a directory containing packages along with an index file. This can be specified as a networked or CD-ROM location. As of 14 August 2021, [update] the Debian project keeps a central repository of over 50,000 software packages ready for download and installation.
A JavaScript library is a library of pre-written JavaScript code that allows for easier development of JavaScript-based applications, [1] especially for AJAX and other web-centric technologies. [2] They can be included in a website by embedding it directly in the HTML via a script tag.