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'''Debian Packages, or debs''' | '''Debian Packages, or debs''' | ||
- | The APT package management system, developed by Debian, manipulates 'debs'. Debs are simple binary archives which contain the files to be installed, metadata describing the | + | The APT package management system, developed by Debian, manipulates 'debs'. Debs are simple binary archives which contain the files to be installed, metadata describing the package, dependencies on other packages and optional installation and removal scripts. The process of creating packages is fortunately made quite simple by various package development tools. |
This process is described in section [[#Creating Debian Packages|Creating Debian Packages]]. | This process is described in section [[#Creating Debian Packages|Creating Debian Packages]]. | ||
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'''Package Repositories''' | '''Package Repositories''' | ||
- | The package management system makes use of package repositories, which are essentially web or FTP sites that contain packages and | + | The package management system makes use of package repositories, which are essentially web or FTP sites that contain packages and some information about them. Having a package reside in a repository brings significant advantages: the user can easily update packages, other developers can use the packages as automatically installable dependencies and the Application Manager can find the packages in the repository packages. |
For more information on working with repositories, see the [http://www.isotton.com/software/debian/docs/repository-howto/repository-howto.html Debian Repository HOWTO]. | For more information on working with repositories, see the [http://www.isotton.com/software/debian/docs/repository-howto/repository-howto.html Debian Repository HOWTO]. |
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