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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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    A major feature of APT is the way it calls dpkg — it does topological sorting of the list of packages to be installed or removed and calls dpkg in the best possible sequence. In some cases, it utilizes the --force options of dpkg. However, it only does this when it is unable to calculate how to avoid the reason dpkg requires the action to be ...

  5. deb (file format) - Wikipedia

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    Debian packages are used in distributions based on Debian, such as, Linux Mint (LMDE), [28] [29] KDE neon, Ubuntu and many others. 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.

  6. Debian configuration system - Wikipedia

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    When packages are being installed, debconf asks the user questions which determine the contents of the system-wide configuration files associated with that package. After package installation, it is possible to go back and change the configuration of a package by using the dpkg-reconfigure program, or another program such as Synaptic.

  7. 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.

  8. aptitude (software) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aptitude_(software)

    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.

  9. Ubuntu Software Center - Wikipedia

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    An online edition of the Ubuntu Software Center was released, the Ubuntu Apps Directory. The Web store shows the same content as the Software Center application, with a download button that opens the application if running Ubuntu or a link to download the Ubuntu operating system installer if running a different operating system. [9]