Chapter 6. Package Management
Package management systems automate the installation, removal and upgrade of software. Different systems do things in similar but not identical ways. GNU/Linux systems have the most highly developed package management systems. This chapter describes the facilities available for Linux, Solaris, and Mac OS X. It presents the following topics:
Linux package management
The Red Hat package manager
Yum: Yellowdog Updater Modified
up2date: Red Hat update agent
The Debian package manager
Mac OS X package management
Solaris package management
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