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 ...

Flatpak solves a lot of the gripes new users will have with Linux package management, and more. It's a universal app ...

There's no shortage of choice when managing packages on Linux. The most popular option is apt, which is the default for many Debian-based distros such as Ubuntu and Linux Mint. Then there's dnf on ...

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, ...

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 ...

Keep your Linux operating system and the software you run on it fully up to date. You don’t have to worry about remembering to perform patching if you take on one of these automated systems. Automated ...