The two most common package formats are the Debian Package format as used by, of course, Debian but also Ubuntu, Knoppix and others – as well as the rpm format used by Red Hat, Fedora, Suse and some ...

In Mathematica, a Package is a Mathematica text file that contains definitions of commands other than the ones that are built into the Mathematica application itself. In fact, Mathematica comes with a ...

The new Snap app package format is a headline feature of the new Ubuntu 16.04, touted by Canonical as a secure way of developing software that makes it impossible for an app to steal your data. "The ...

Sometimes, a utility or an application that you want to install is impossible to find in the format of your distribution. Alien is a utility that can convert one package type into another. It can get ...