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Jan Schaumann

System Administration

Week 4, Package Management

In this video, we continue our discussion of the difference between the operating system and so-called "add-on software". We conclude that in order to install and maintain all such software, we want to use a package manager, and illustrate common features by example of the 'dpkg', 'rpm', and 's tools.

youtu.be/dU66_sPjnXg

Diagram of software types as stacked rectangles. At the bottom is "Hardware", then "Firmware", then "Kernel". On top of that are "System Software" and "Applications/Utilities" next to each other and "Add-on or Third-Party Applications on top. "Package Management" comprises all layers from "Kernel" up; "Operating System" comprises "kernel", "system software", and "applications".
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Feb 14, 2025, 06:26 PM·Public·Web
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