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A package manager or package-management system is a collection of software tools that automates the process of installing, upgrading, configuring, and removing computer programs for a computer in a consistent manner. [1] A package manager deals with packages, distributions of software and data in archive files.
Some system vendors and retailers will offer, for an additional charge, to remove unwanted factory-installed software from a newly purchased computer; retailers, in particular, will tout this service as a "performance improvement."
Prior to Mac OS X Leopard, installer packages were implemented as Mac OS X packages. [94] These packages were a collection of files that resided in folders with a .pkg file extension. [ 95 ] [ 96 ] In Mac OS X Leopard the software packaging method was changed to use the XAR (eXtensible ARchiver) file format; the directory tree containing the ...
Mac App Store: Official digital distribution platform for OS X apps. Part of OS X 10.7 and available as an update for OS X 10.6; Fink: A port of dpkg, it is one of the earliest package managers for macOS; Homebrew: Command-Line Interface-based package manager, known for its ease-of-use and extensibility.
Safari (web browser) – built-in from Mac OS X 10.3, available as a separate download for Mac OS X 10.2; SeaMonkey – open source Internet application suite; Shiira – open source; Sleipnir – free, by Fenrir Inc; Tor (anonymity network) – free, open source; Torch (web browser) – free, by Torch Media Inc. Vivaldi – free, proprietary ...
Homebrew is a free and open-source software package management system that simplifies the installation of software on Apple's operating system, macOS, as well as Linux.The name is intended to suggest the idea of building software on the Mac depending on the user's taste.
Genieo Innovation is an Israeli company, specializing in unwanted software which includes advertising and user tracking software, commonly referred to as a potentially unwanted program, adware, [1] privacy-invasive software, grayware, [2] or malware. [3] They are best known for Genieo, an application of this type.
MacPorts installs software on top of the operating system, providing newer versions of pre-installed packages or software that is not included in macOS. This is in contrast to other package management systems, such as APT and DNF, that are part of the operating system. For this reason, MacPorts is sometimes known as an overlay distribution.