Package managers
Common distributions and their package managers.
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Package managers vary between distributions (distros).
Here’s a starting list:
| Operating system (distro) | Package manager |
|---|---|
| MacOS (OS/X) | brew |
| Alpine Linux | apk |
| Amazon Linux | dnf (AL2023) yum (AL2 and earlier) |
| archlinux | pacman |
| Debian (v8+) Ubuntu (v13.10+) |
apt-get |
| Fedora Linux | dnf (v22+) yum (v21 and earlier) |
| FreeBSD | pkg |
| gentoo linux | emerge |
| OpenBSD/NetBSD | pkg_add |
| openSUSE | zypper |
| Raspberry Pi (Raspbian) | Varies, typically apt or pip |
| Red Hat Enterprise (RHEL) (v7+) | yum |
| Slackware | sbopkg |