A package manager or package management system is a collection of software tools that automates the process of installing, upgrading, configuring, and...
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alias pip3) is a package manager (package management system) written in Python and is used to install and manage software packages. The Python Software...
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The Windows Package Manager (also known as winget) is a free and open-source package manager designed by Microsoft for Windows 10, Windows 11, and Windows...
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RPM (originally Red Hat Package Manager, now a recursive acronym for RPM Package Manager) is a free and open-source package management system. The name...
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Yarn is one of the main JavaScript package managers, initially started in 2016 by Sebastian McKenzie of Meta (formerly Facebook) for the Node.js JavaScript...
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depending on the user's taste. Originally written by Max Howell, the package manager has gained popularity in the Ruby on Rails community and earned praise...
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package manager for Unix-like systems, and a tool to instantiate and manage those systems, invented in 2003 by Eelco Dolstra. The Nix package manager...
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Npm (redirect from Node Package Manager)
is a package manager for the JavaScript programming language maintained by npm, Inc., a subsidiary of GitHub. npm is the default package manager for the...
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cross-platform, language-agnostic package manager and environment management system. It was originally developed to solve package management challenges faced...
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and open-source software portal Helm is a package manager for Kubernetes. It uses 'charts' as its package format, which is based on YAML. Helm was accepted...
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package manager systems, categorized first by package format (binary, source code, hybrid) and then by operating system family. The following package...
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Arch Linux (redirect from Pacman (package manager))
installation media. Pacman, a package manager written specifically for Arch Linux, is used to install, remove and update software packages. Additionally, the Arch...
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Software repository (redirect from Package repository)
control, or repository managers. Package managers allow automatically installing and updating repositories, sometimes called "packages". Many software publishers...
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Scoop is a command-line package manager for Microsoft Windows, used to download and install apps, as well as their dependencies. Scoop is often used for...
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APT (software) (redirect from Apt (package manager))
Advanced Package Tool (APT) is a free-software user interface that works with core libraries to handle the installation and removal of software on Debian...
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Puppy Linux (redirect from Puppy Package Manager)
Package Manager, some bugfixes and base packages inclusion into the woof structure. Puppy 8.0 is built from Ubuntu "Bionic Beaver" 18.04.2 packages,...
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repositories became unavailable in July 2023. The Posit Package Manager (formerly RStudio Package Manager) is a similar tool produced by the developers of RStudio...
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Perl Package Manager (PPM) is a Perl utility intended to simplify the tasks of locating, installing, upgrading and removing software packages. It can determine...
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Chocolatey (redirect from Chocolatey (software package manager))
machine-level, command-line package manager and installer for software on Microsoft Windows. It uses the NuGet packaging infrastructure and Windows PowerShell...
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Alpine Linux (redirect from Alpine Package Keeper)
collection of shell scripts but was later rewritten in C. The aim of this package manager is to achieve a high install and update speed, which it does by writing...
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up software package or software packages in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Software package may refer to: Package manager, which packages individual...
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OCaml (redirect from OCaml Package Manager)
an optimizing native code compiler, a reversible debugger, and a package manager (OPAM) together with a composable build system for OCaml (Dune). OCaml...
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NuGet (redirect from Nuget package manager)
NuGet (pronounced "New Get") is a package manager, primarily used for packaging and distributing software written using .NET and the .NET Framework. The...
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Snap (software) (redirect from Snappy (package manager))
software packaging and deployment system developed by Canonical for operating systems that use the Linux kernel and the systemd init system. The packages, called...
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Koçulu took down the left-pad package that he had published to npm (a JavaScript package manager). Koçulu deleted the package after a dispute with Kik Messenger...
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Debian (section Cross-distribution package managers)
the project established the new member process. The package manager front-end Advanced Packaging Tool (APT) was deployed with Debian 2.1. The first Debian...
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Update Pay-as-you-go subscription SMB over QUIC Hotpatching Windows Package Manager "July 13, 2025— KB5064489 (OS Build 26100.4656) Out-of-band". Microsoft...
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Java package, a mechanism for organizing Java classes Package manager, a computer program to install and manage applications or libraries Package (macOS)...
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Linux distribution (redirect from Linux package managers)
components in addition to the Linux kernel. Commonly, it includes a package manager, an init system (such as systemd, OpenRC, or runit), GNU tools and...
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NixOS (section Multi-user package management)
NixOS is a Linux distribution based on a package manager named Nix. NixOS uses an immutable design and an atomic update model. Its use of a declarative...
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