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K. HitchcockThe Enterprise Linux Administratorhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-8801-6_7

7. Package Installation

Kenneth Hitchcock1  
(1)
Hampshire, UK
 

With a well-built and configured Linux system, there will come a time when maintenance or further system configuration will be needed. For that, as a Linux system administrator, it is very important to understand the system patching and Linux package installation process for the three major distributions used today.

In this chapter, we will work through the different package management systems used by the different Linux distributions we have used so far and look to understand how they differ from each other. ...

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