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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".<ref>http://ianmurdock.com/2007/07/21/how-package-management-changed-everything/</ref>
Some of the other package managers that you may come across
* [http://brew.sh/ Homebrew] The missing package manager for OS X
* [https://caskroom.github.io/ homebrew cask] extends Homebrew
[[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".<ref>http://ianmurdock.com/2007/07/21/how-package-management-changed-everything/</ref>
Some of the other package managers that you may come across
* [http://brew.sh/ Homebrew] The missing package manager for OS X
* [https://caskroom.github.io/ homebrew cask] extends Homebrew