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Install from a software repository

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Install from a software repository

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- [Instructor] The standard way of installing software on Linux is from a software repository. A software repository is a collection of software stored in a remote server on the network. The repository also holds an index of the software packages that it contains. This list is how our installation software knows what is available. It will also contain meta-data about the packages. This meta-data could be the description of the packages, who packaged them, the contents of the packages, and so on. In addition, the repository usually includes a public key that's imported by the client in order to verify the integrity of the packages. This server may be on the internet, or it could be inside your local network, if you've created your own. The software repository is hosted on either an FTP server or a web server Technically, the repository could be hosted on Windows, macOS or Linux, but it's easier to host a software repository on the same OS that the packages are built for. For instance…

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