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Package management systems

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- Let's continue our discussion of packages by looking at some package management systems. Now, we've previously talked about two package systems, RPM and Debian. Now these systems are going to differ in various technical details, in the commands used to manage the packages, and the format of the package files themselves. A Debian package cannot be installed on an RPM based system, and if you're using an RPM based system, you can install a Debian package. Instead, installing a package is intended for one distro to another, is a little bit risky and it can cause problems, so you really should avoid doing it. Always find the native package for the system you're using. This is because a non-native package may have dependencies that are going to get conflict with the needs of that native package on your system. Originally, package systems worked locally. To install a package, a user would first download a package file from…

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