ZDNET's key takeaways Linux has numerous package managers.There are command-line and GUI tools for the task.Not all package ...

Snap and Flatpak are Linux universal package managers. Both have their pros and cons. Each gives Linux far more apps to ...

Windows Package Manager is a free and open source utility from Microsoft that allows you to download, install and manage apps from the command line in Windows 10 or Windows 11. First introduced in ...

Functionally, it acts like an app store for power users and developers, but without the graphical interface. You simply type ...

Learn how Nix Darwin reads flake configs to define dependencies and outputs, giving you repeatable macOS installs with fewer ...

Microsoft has finally revealed a long requested feature; a Windows package manager called Winget that allows you to easily install applications from the command line. Commonly used in Linux to install ...

If you are not using a package manager on your Windows system to install applications and other software, you should. Period. End of story. Searching for, downloading, and installing applications ...

Nothing says sexy like I use a package manager to install apps instead of double-clicking boring executables. It just rolls off the tongue. But there is something fun about installing and updating ...

At its Build 2020 conference, which had to be held as an online-only event this time around due to the coronavirus outbreak, Microsoft had a bunch of announcements to make, some of which include new ...

In the Linux world, package managers catalog and install the software available in a given Linux distribution. Until recently, Microsoft Windows software management wasn’t that centralized. There was ...

If you’re really, really sick of the Microsoft Store, Microsoft now offers a return to the glorious days of the command line interface. Meet App Installer, Microsoft’s new package manager for Windows.

Windows developers have long looked at Linux’s surfeit of package managers with envy. Having a simple command line tool like apt or rpm that would install an application and all its prerequisites ...