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Better Linux Package Management with Checkinstall

http://maketecheasier.com

If you use Linux in any depth, you’re eventually have to install a program from source code. Normally the process is pretty quick and painless, but it still has some drawbacks. To help resolve this, we’ve got checkinstall.

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Introducing Shaman, a new universal package management frontend

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yes, you can shiver at the title: we have (are still, actually) done a new package management frontend. Why? Because KDE missed a great one.

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How To List The Installed Packages on a Debian Based System

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In this tutorial I'm going to show how to list the installed packages on a Debian based operating system, (Debian, Ubuntu, Mint, Sidux, CrunchBang, etc.) I got this gem of a command line one-liner from the Sidux website.

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How To Check Which Software Package Is Using More Space

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If you’re running out of disk space and you want to quickly see what packages are using the most space on your hard drive, use the following command

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Hey, check out my package!

http://it.toolbox.com

There are many, many Linux distributions floating around the internet tubes waiting to be downloaded for your computing pleasure. One thing they all have in common is some form of package management system.

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The APT2 project

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I just started working on a replacement for APT written in Vala and called APT2 (I know, the name could be better). The main idea behind the project is to create a library for working with Debian repositories and packages, and on top of this library a few applications.

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Kpackagekit - First Impressions and Troubleshoots

http://www.mygnulinux.com

Kpackagekit is the default package manager on Kubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty)..These are some first impressions and troubleshoots..

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Linux Package Manager Cheatsheet

http://www.linuxplanet.com

A short introduction to package management. Provides an overview of YUM (RPM-based distributions) and Aptitude (Debian and its derivatives).

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Sneak Peeks at openSUSE 11.0: Package Management, with Duncan

http://news.opensuse.org

In this article we will be covering all of the changes in and around the package management stack in the upcoming openSUSE 11.0. The new package management is among the fastest, most memory efficient and featureful PM stacks available. There have been a plethora of both visual and behind-the-scenes changes.

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Beyond Synaptic - using apt for better package management

http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com

I’m a Debian user and—like many—I use apt and its associated tools. If you haven’t yet discovered apt here’s a brief summary of some of it and some of its tools which can make your package management even more powerful.

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Thoughts on Package Management

http://linux-blog.org

Distros have changed. In the past, they were made up of a small, tightly knit group collaborators working toward a common goal. With distributions today we now have an informal, large group of collaborators...some of which may not even be aware of the main goal of the distro.

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