I'm currently exploring Fedora just as a hobby (and Linux in general). I just have a simple question about software repositories. Who picks what goes into a distributions software repository? Is there any distribution that doesn't have software repositories? Are the software repositories based on the distribution, or the type of package manager? I mean, does each package manager have it's own repository, or does each distribution? It seems like each distribution does... but I wanted to make sure. Also.. the package managers seem all the same (except some handle source-code based packages, and some handle only binary-based packages, and some use both)... but are there any major differences between them, besides the commands used? Also.. is there anyway to view what type of package manager is used on a certain Linux OS without going online and looking it up? Just wondering. Thanks guys...
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- Thread starter netsider
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The "repos" are seperated by distro, release, and architecture (ex. Fedora Core 16 x64). The two readily identifiable distros are Red Hat based (Fedora, Cent OS...) and Ubuntu (Debian based). As for the package manager portion that would be based on the distro you select. Red Hat based use rpm and Ubuntu uses deb. For distributing those files Red Hat variants use yum and Ubuntu uses apt-get.
Hope that answers a few of your questions.
Hope that answers a few of your questions.
Lord Nassirbannipal
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The tool that's used to manage packages in Debian-based distros is dpkg, not .deb.
.deb is just the file extension for the binary packages.
.deb is just the file extension for the binary packages.
The distro maintainers iirc.Who picks what goes into a distributions software repository?
There used to be, but anymore you're right. I think the gentoo emerge system downloads and compiles source code instead of downloading and installing a binary, but I'm not 100% on that.Also.. the package managers seem all the same (except some handle source-code based packages, and some handle only binary-based packages, and some use both)... but are there any major differences between them, besides the commands used?
Not unless you know what you're looking for.Also.. is there anyway to view what type of package manager is used on a certain Linux OS without going online and looking it up?
Dark Shade
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Generally the stock repos + EPEL is all you need, in my experience, unless you need special ones like 10gen for mongodb
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I'm currently exploring Fedora just as a hobby (and Linux in general). I just have a simple question about software repositories. Who picks what goes into a distributions software repository? Is there any distribution that doesn't have software repositories? Are the software repositories based on the distribution, or the type of package manager? I mean, does each package manager have it's own repository, or does each distribution? It seems like each distribution does... but I wanted to make sure. Also.. the package managers seem all the same (except some handle source-code based packages, and some handle only binary-based packages, and some use both)... but are there any major differences between them, besides the commands used? Also.. is there anyway to view what type of package manager is used on a certain Linux OS without going online and looking it up? Just wondering. Thanks guys...
what's in the repo's is determined by the repository maintainers (being both developers and individual users), and the distro philosophy f.e. most of the fedora media packages (codecs etc) are not taken up in the main fedora repo but in the rpmfusion repo cause of license issues etc.
you can submit your own package to the repository, but it has to be tested/evaluated and accepted by the repository community.
The distro maintainers iirc.
There used to be, but anymore you're right. I think the gentoo emerge system downloads and compiles source code instead of downloading and installing a binary, but I'm not 100% on that.
Not unless you know what you're looking for.
Thank you.. I think you answered what I was asking pretty well, as did some other people.