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Questions tagged [package-managers]

Software that allows administrators (and in some cases also users) to control the installation and upgrade process of packages on their systems.

Package management systems exist for most operating systems. Programs (like interpreters for some languages, scientific computing systems, etc.) may also have their own package manager for handling extensions, scripts or plugins.

The chief goal is to provide a means for software to recursively specify dependancies, allowing a software package's dependant libraries to be automatically installed.

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cannot change bower components folder

I'm trying to override bower's component folder following the answers in this question: How to change bower's default components folder? this is my bower.json file (with all the things I've tried) { "name": "sample-app", "version": "1.0.0", …
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How do package managers (aptitude, yum, portage) build their dependency trees?

I understand the basic concepts, but are there any special algorithms used or maybe some blogs, papers or even books on the subject for someone building their own system? There seems to be very little information out there on actually implementing a…
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Why does yum update says it is "Installing" one of the packages?

When I run yum update, it lists the packages that it will upgrade. For one of the packages, kernel, it lists it under the "Installing" header. All other packages are listed under the "Upgrading" header. Why does it say that is "Installing" that…
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Android app listing permissions only

I am developing an android application that will display all the applications installed in the mobile phone and when clicking on a particular application, it should show only permissions of that application. I used package manager to fetch the…
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Application Name, package name and app icon from RunningTaskInfo In Android

I have list of running task by the following code . final List recentTasks = activityManager.getRunningTasks(Integer.MAX_VALUE); Now I want to get app name, package name and app icon of these running tasks. How can I do that?
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Android size package decimals (java)

i can display the size of a app package in MB but i have too much decimal numbers.. ApplicationInfo appInfo = packageInfo.applicationInfo; try{ File file = new File(appInfo.sourceDir); double sizeInBytes =…
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Is it possible to get Debian Lenny running yet?

I need to install Debian Lenny i386 as a VM in VMWare. The problem is that when searching for Archive Mirrors, I always get the error message Bad archive mirror The specified Debian archive mirror is either not available, or does not have a valid…
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Ubuntu package management (basic): sudo apt-get upgrade firefox

Just wanted to update firefox from 11.0 to 13.0 on the latest ubuntu so did the following: $ sudo apt-get upgrade firefox thinking that my firefox would be upgraded. Instead ubuntu started to update every single package in the whole system it seems.…
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How ubuntu software center make "search" operation?

I want to develop a software center in Ubuntu. In ubuntu software center, when we type a keyword and hits enter button, it displays us the related results. For example, when i searched for "eclipse" keyword, 5 result are listed in ubuntu software…
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