There's no shortage of choice when managing packages on Linux. The most popular option is apt, which is the default for many Debian-based distros such as Ubuntu and Linux Mint. Then there's dnf on ...

When I first started using Linux in the late 90s, there was really only one way to install an application. You would download the app, unpack the archive, run the ...

A package manager or package management system is a set of utilities that facilitate the process of installing, updating, and removing computer programs on an operating system. It is very prevalent ...

Debian-based Linux distributions, such as Ubuntu, Linux Mint, and Debian itself, rely on robust package management systems to install, update, and remove software efficiently. One of the most critical ...

If you’ve ever used a modern Linux distribution, you’ve likely experienced the convenience of installing and updating software with a single command. Package managers, the tools behind this ease of ...

The only hard requirement for using hepp3n’s COSMIC Epoch PPA is to be using Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. It can be the desktop edition, ...

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$ sudo dnf list gimp Last metadata expiration check: 2:20:56 ago on Fri 16 Jul 2021 11:35:15 AM EDT. Installed Packages gimp.x86_64 2:2.10.24-1.fc34 @fedora This command provides more details on the ...

Credit: Ian Noble; Modified by IDG Comm. Did you know that you can ask your Linux system to tell you what upgrades are available for the packages installed on it? You might be surprised by how many ...