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  2. Nix (package manager) - Wikipedia

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    The Nix package manager employs a model in which software packages are each installed into unique directories with immutable contents. These directory names correspond to cryptographic hashes that take into account all dependencies of a package, including other packages managed by Nix. As a result, Nix package names are content-identifying ...

  3. List of software package management systems - Wikipedia

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    netpkg: The package manager used by Zenwalk. Compatible with Slackware package management tools; Nix package manager: Nix is a package manager for Linux and other Unix-like systems that makes package management reliable and reproducible. It provides atomic upgrades and rollbacks, side-by-side installation of multiple versions of a package ...

  4. NixOS - Wikipedia

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    NixOS is a free and open source Linux distribution based on the Nix package manager.NixOS uses an immutable design and an atomic update model. [6] Its use of a declarative configuration system allows reproducibility and portability.

  5. GNU Guix - Wikipedia

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    GNU Guix (/ ɡ iː k s / [2]) is a functional cross-platform package manager and a tool to instantiate and manage Unix-like operating systems, based on the Nix package manager. Configuration and package recipes are written in Guile Scheme. GNU Guix is the default package manager of the GNU Guix System distribution. [3] Differing from ...

  6. Package manager - Wikipedia

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    Synaptic, an example of a package manager. 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 ...

  7. List of Linux distributions - Wikipedia

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    A Linux distribution which redefines the file system hierarchy by installing everything belonging to one application in one folder under /Programs, and using symlinks from /System and its subfolders to point to the proper files. NixOS: Declarative Linux distribution with atomic upgrades and rollbacks built on top of Nix package manager. Any ...

  8. Nix - Wikipedia

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    Nix (gene), a pro-apoptotic gene; Norwegian Internet Exchange (NIX), an Internet exchange point in Oslo; Neutral Internet Exchange of the Czech Republic, the Internet exchange point in Prague; Nix (package manager), a package and configuration manager for computer systems NixOS, a Linux distribution based on the package manager

  9. Dependency hell - Wikipedia

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    Package manager dependencies It is possible [4] for dependency hell to result from installing a prepared package via a package manager (e.g. APT), but this is unlikely since major package managers have matured and official repositories are well