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Managing software

Managing software - Windows Tutorial

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Managing software

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- [Scott Simpson] On a Linux system we control which software is installed by using a package manager. Here in Ubuntu, that package manager is called dpkg, which is commonly used through the APT front-end. APT stands for Advanced Package Tool and it's used in Debian Linux and distributions derived from it, including Ubuntu and Kali. Other distros use different package managers. If you're using Alpine, for example, you'll use apk, and on SUSE you'll use zypper. After you install a distro, it's a good idea to make sure it's up-to-date and it's good to check for updates periodically as well. I can do that here on my Ubuntu system with apt update to get the list of updated packages from the repositories and that will tell us what packages on the system need to be updated. On my system, there's 28 packages that can be upgraded. So I can upgrade them all with a command apt upgrade. I'll review the list of packages to install…

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