Often times when something just works, we tend to take it for granted. I think software package management in Linux is one of those things. It just works. Time and time again I have to help people ...

Ubuntu might well be doing the unthinkable─making its Linux distribution even more secure. That is pure, unadulterated crazy talk. How on earth does Canonical plan on making the platform that's known ...

As I've mentioned before I'm an openSUSE user, and as long as they don't make the "U" lower case again, I'll probably stick with it. When it comes to package management, OpenSUSE and SUSE Linux ...

I'm interested in installing some sort of package management tool on a <a href="http://www.linuxfromscratch.org">Linux from scratch</a> install. Either RPM, YUM, or ...

apt-get, up2date, yum, pkgtool, dpkg, rpm -- we have lots of ways to avoid compiling programs. For the most part, I don't think that it's because we don't like to compile programs, but rather because ...

The package management process can be specific depending on your Linux distribution. For example, on Debian-based distributions such as Ubuntu, you will use the apt-get or apt commands to install, ...

If you're using Ubuntu on WSL, did you know you can have a GUI package manager to use as well as the command line? When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

Systems management startup Aduva is trying to reduce the cost of managing free software. As an open source operating system, Linux is available as a free download or through low-cost shrink-wrapped ...

The Linux Foundation, a nonprofit organization supporting IT infrastructure, has announced a new project, the FAIR Package Manager, which aims to increase simplicity, security, and consistency in the ...