Linux Package Management

Welcome

A Basic Overview and Introduction to

Linux Package

Management

By Stan Reichardt

stanr@

October 2009

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...like a locomotive

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Many (similar but different)

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Fast moving

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Complex parts

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Another one coming any minute

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I have ridden locomotives

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I am NOT a locomotive engineer

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Begin The Train Wreck

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Definitions

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A file archiver is a computer program

that combines a number of files together

into one archive file, or a series of

archive files, for easier transportation or

storage.

Metadata is data (or information) about

other data (or information).

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File Archivers

Front Ends

Base

Package

tar

.tar,

tar

.tar.gz, .tgz,

.tar.Z, .taz,

.tar.bz2,.tbz2,

.tbz, .tb2,

.tar.lzma,.tlz,

.tar.xz, .txz, .tz

.zip

zip

gzip

gunzip

zip

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Tool

CLI

GUI

tar

file roller

zip

gzip

gunzip

file roller

Archive file



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Comparison of file archivers



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