From the course: Complete Guide to Navigating Linux: Working with Users, Files, and Networks

Unlock this course with a free trial

Join today to access over 24,900 courses taught by industry experts.

Package managers overview

Package managers overview - Linux Tutorial

From the course: Complete Guide to Navigating Linux: Working with Users, Files, and Networks

Start my 1-month free trial Buy for my team

Package managers overview

“

- In this video, I'll tell you about package managers. The Advanced Package Tool, or APT, is a standard way to install software on Ubuntu. To do so, the software is obtained from a repository that's an online resource that contains packages, and from there it'll be installed. While working with APT, dependencies are installed as well. There's also Snap. Snap is a newer solution that installs software from the Snap store. And the software, including all of its dependencies, is installed in an isolated environment if you use Snap, a so-called sandbox. As a result, the possibility of potential dependency conflicts is reduced and also the software is better secured because it is installed in an isolated environment and it cannot access other parts of the operating system. On Ubuntu Desktop, typical desktop applications are only available as Snap packages, and that is what desktop is. The goal is that all desktop applications will move to Snap, but on a server that doesn't make much sense…

Contents