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A package manager, is a utility designed to manage your systems packages. The regular functions of a package manager are: | A package manager, is a utility designed to manage your systems packages. The regular functions of a package manager are: | ||
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=== List of known package managers === | === List of known package managers === | ||
All of the package managers below, unless explicitly stated, will also be carried on through their forks (for example: Debian's apt will also be in Ubuntu, and so will Ubuntu's apt be in Linux Mint, etc.) | All of the package managers below, unless explicitly stated, will also be carried on through their forks (for example: Debian's apt will also be in Ubuntu, and so will Ubuntu's apt be in Linux Mint, etc.) | ||
* [https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Pacman pacman] is used in [[Arch Linux]] and maintained by the Arch Linux | * [https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Pacman pacman] is used in [[Arch Linux]] and maintained by the Arch Linux team. You can find the source code [https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Pacman_development here]. | ||
* [https://wiki.debian.org/Apt apt] is used by [[Debian]] and is maintained by the Debian team. You can find the source code [https://salsa.debian.org/apt-team/apt here]. | * [https://wiki.debian.org/Apt apt] is used by [[Debian]] and is maintained by the Debian team. You can find the source code [https://salsa.debian.org/apt-team/apt here]. | ||
* [https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Portage Portage] is developed and maintained the Gentoo Linux team, you can find the source code [https://gitweb.gentoo.org/proj/portage.git here]. | |||
* [https://nixos.org/ Nix] can be used in any distribution but you can find it commonly in [[NixOS]], it is also maintained by the NixOS Foundation. You can find the source code [https://github.com/NixOS/nix here]. | * [https://nixos.org/ Nix] can be used in any distribution but you can find it commonly in [[NixOS]], it is also maintained by the NixOS Foundation. You can find the source code [https://github.com/NixOS/nix here]. | ||
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Revision as of 22:38, 4 June 2024
A package manager, is a utility designed to manage your systems packages. The regular functions of a package manager are:
- Installing packages
- Removing packages
- Updating packages
- Provide package information
- Searching package repositories
- And adding/removing/updating package repositories
List of known package managers
All of the package managers below, unless explicitly stated, will also be carried on through their forks (for example: Debian's apt will also be in Ubuntu, and so will Ubuntu's apt be in Linux Mint, etc.)
- pacman is used in Arch Linux and maintained by the Arch Linux team. You can find the source code here.
- apt is used by Debian and is maintained by the Debian team. You can find the source code here.
- Portage is developed and maintained the Gentoo Linux team, you can find the source code here.
- Nix can be used in any distribution but you can find it commonly in NixOS, it is also maintained by the NixOS Foundation. You can find the source code here.