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[[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>
== Linux ==
* Apt, Synaptic and Dpkg are all found on [[Debian]] and derivatives such as [[Ubuntu]] to manage [[packages]].
* [[Yum]] is based on the RPM format and found on [[RedHat]] and derivatives such as CentOS and Fedora
== Others ==
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
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