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YUM's XML repository, built with input from many other developers, quickly became the standard for RPM-based repositories. [31] 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]
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 package manager for Mageia.
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.
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".
vcpkg provides access to C and C++ libraries to its supported platforms. The command-line utility is currently available on Windows, macOS and Linux. [2] vcpkg was first announced at CppCon 2016. [3] The vcpkg source code is licensed under MIT License and hosted on GitHub. [4]
Many repositories provide a bug tracking system, and offer release management, mailing lists, and wiki-based project documentation. Software authors generally retain their copyright when software is posted to a code hosting facilities.
Flathub, a repository (or remote source in the Flatpak terminology) located at flathub.org, is the de facto standard for getting applications packaged with Flatpak. [12] Packages are contributed by both Flathub administrators and application developers, with a stated preference for submissions from the developers themselves. [13]
The Arch User Repository provides the community with packages that are not included in the main repositories. Reasons for exclusion from the main repositories include: Licensing issues: software that cannot be redistributed, but is free to use, can be included in the Arch User Repository since all that is hosted by the Arch Linux website is a ...