Linux Journal

Debian Package Management: Aptitude vs. Apt-Get in Ubuntu

Package management is at the heart of every Linux system. It’s what makes installing, updating, and managing software on Linux-based distributions not just possible but streamlined and elegant. For ...
Yahoo

A massive change for Ubuntu package management is on the horizon

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Canonical has a plan, and it involves Snappy. What is Snappy? At the moment, Snappy comes in one flavor─Snappy Core─a ...
ZDNet

Linux package management is brilliant

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 ...
Linux Journal

Debian Package Dependency Management: Handling Dependencies

Debian-based Linux distributions, such as Ubuntu, Linux Mint, and Debian itself, rely on robust package management systems to install, update, and remove software efficiently. One of the most critical ...
Ars Technica

Ubuntu 20.04’s zsys adds ZFS snapshots to package management [Updated]

Last October, an experimental ZFS installer showed up in Eoan Ermine, the second interim Ubuntu release of 2019. Next month, Focal Fossa—Ubuntu’s next LTS (Long Term Support) release—is due to drop, ...