In Linux there are methods of installing software, from source code by compiling and installing, or through software packages and package managers. There are newer forms of installing software, for example using portable app installers like Appimage, Snap or Flatpak. In this episode we describe the common methods of installing applications on Debian-based distributions.


Episode 345 Time Stamps
00:00 Going Linux #345 · Apt and apt-get and aptitude, oh my!
00:15 Introduction
00:39 Ubuntu MATE 18.04 LTS released
02:30 Debian-based Packages explained by 'minion' Ken Leyba
04:35 Debian-based package managers
14:37 .deb package anatomy
17:44 The dpkg command-line tool
20:07 The advance packaging tool - apt
24:48 Aptitude
26:47 Synaptic
27:39 Just for fun
30:06 Are you a minion?
31:39 goinglinux.com, goinglinux@gmail.com, +1-904-468-7889, @goinglinux, feedback, listen, subscribe
32:58 End