Chapter 6. Package Management

Package management systems automate the installation, removal and upgrade of software. Different systems do things in similar but not identical ways. GNU/Linux systems have the most highly developed package management systems. This chapter describes the facilities available for Linux, Solaris, and Mac OS X. It presents the following topics:

• Linux package management

• The Red Hat package manager

• Yum: Yellowdog Updater Modified

• up2date: Red Hat update agent

• The Debian package manager

• Mac OS X package management

• Solaris package management