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Linux Package Management: Keeping Up with the Times [LinuxPlanet]
Apr. 23, 2002

In this newbie-friendly article at LinuxPlanet, Dee-Ann LeBlanc provides a retrospective of Linux package management, including an introduction to Linux package types. LeBlanc writes . . .

"So, to benefit both myself and my readers, I figured it was time to take a trip down Linux package management lane and see how far we've come from the days of manually placing each tar file so we can extract it to just the right spot."

"Some of you might see this material as a little basic, but bear with me, not everyone is as omniscient as you are! I don't claim that the following list is exhaustive, but there are a number of popular package types in the Linux world . . . "

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