Tag: Package Management

Introduction to APT (advanced package Tools)

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Advanced Packaging Tool

Ubuntu — and all Debian-based distros — includes the Advanced Packaging Tool (APT), which can be used to easily download and install software for the operating system. This article looks at APT, and how it is used.

Topics :
Table of Contents
Installing Software on a Computer
Installing Software on Windows
Installing Software on Linux
Repositories
Enabling Additional Repositories
Software Updates
Configuring Package Updates
GUI Front-Ends to APT
Add/Remove Programs
Synaptic Package Manager
Using APT from the Command-Line
apt-get
dpkg
wget
apt-cache

Introduction to Yum

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1. Introduction

 

Yum is a tool for automating package maintenance for a network of workstations running any operating system that use the Red Hat Package Management (RPM) system for distributing packaged tools and applications. It is derived from yup, an automated package updater originally developed for Yellowdog Linux, hence its name: yum is “Yellowdog Updater, Modified”.

Yup was originally written and maintained by Dan Burcaw, Bryan Stillwell, Stephen Edie, and Troy Bengegerdes of Yellowdog Linux (an RPM-based Linux distribution that runs on Apple Macintoshes of various generation). Yum was originally written by Seth Vidal and Michael Stenner, both at Duke University at the time. Since then both Michael and Seth have moved on, Seth to working for Red Hat, where he remains the dominant force behind yum development and maintenance.

It is important to note that yum is an open source GPL project and that many people have contributed code, ideas, bug fixes and documentation. The AUTHORS list was up to 26 or so as of the time of this HOWTO snapshot; yum is a clear example of the power of open source develpmment!

Yum is a Gnu Public License (GPL) tool; it is freely available and can be used, modified, or redistributed without any fee or royalty provided that the terms of its associated license are followed.

1.1 What Yum Can Do

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