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The Advanced Package Tool, aptly named the 'apt' package manager can handle the installation and removal of software on the Debian, Slackware, and other Linux Distributions. Below are some simple examples of use: update This option retrieves and scans the Packages.gz files, so that information ab...

To update a specific program: sudo pacman -S <programName> To update entire the system: sudo pacman -Syu

In order to search for packages in the databse, searching both in packages' names and descriptions: pacman -Ss string1 string2 ... To install a single package or list of packages (including dependencies), issue the following command: sudo pacman -S package_name1 package_name2 ... source

Yellowdog Updater, Modified, one of the last remaining vestiges of Yellow Dog Linux, is the package manager used by Red Hat, Fedora, and CentOS systems and their derivatives. It can handle the installation and removal of software packaged as rpms for these Linux distributions. Below are some simple...