Package management

See w:Package manager for background.

w:Ian Murdock has commented that package management is "the single biggest advancement Linux has brought to the industry", that it blurs the boundaries between operating system and applications, and that it makes it "easier to push new innovations [...] into the marketplace and [...] evolve the OS".

Some of the other package managers that you may come across

• Homebrew The missing package manager for OS X
• homebrew cask extends Homebrew

http://ianmurdock.com/2007/07/21/how-package-management-changed-everything/