package manager
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software that manages the installation, upgrading, removal and dependency resolution of software packages
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- software category
- Subclass of
- information system
- Part of
- management system
- Image
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- Has use
- control
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- topic's main category
- Category:Package management systems
- Commons category
- Package management systems
- topic has template
- Template:Package management systems
- different from
- installer
- item operated
- software package
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Encyclopedic overview
apt-get, a CLI utility installing MediaWiki
A package manager, or package management system, is software that supports installing, upgrading, configuring, and removing software for the host system in a consistent manner.
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