Package Management and Installation
Information on features in the distributions. Package numbers are only approximate (some distributions like Ubuntu tend to separate tools into different packages (usually stable release, development release, documentation and debug).
Distribution | Approximate number of pre-compiled packages | Approximate number of source packages | Default package management tools | Package format | Default installer | Graphical installation process |
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Alinex | 700420300000000000020,300 | APT | .deb | Yes | ||
aLinux | 70031200000000000001,200 | RPM | RPM | No | ||
ALT Linux | 70038300000000000008,300 | APT (APT-RPM), RPM | RPM | Yes | ||
Annvix | APT, RPM | RPM | ||||
Arch Linux | 70039835000000000009,835 | 7003983500000000000ABS: 9,835, 7004380060000000000AUR: 38,006 | Pacman | .pkg.tar.xz | None (install scripts only) | No |
Asianux | mlupdater, RPM | RPM | Yes | |||
BLAG | 700410000000000000010,000 | RPM, yum, APT | RPM | Yes | ||
Bodhi Linux | 700435000000000000035,000 | APT, dpkg | .deb | Ubiquity | Yes | |
Caixa Mágica | 700416000000000000016,000 | urpmi, APT (APT-RPM) | RPM | Yes | ||
CentOS | 70031660000000000001,660 | RPM, yum/up2date | RPM | Yes | ||
ClearOS | RPM, yum | RPM | No | |||
CrunchBang Linux | 700423000000000000023,000 | APT | .deb | Yes | ||
CRUX | 70031155000000000001,155 | pkgutils | tgz | No | ||
Damn Small Linux | 7002610000000000000610 | myDSL, APT | .dsl, .tar.gz, .uci, .unc, .deb | No | ||
Debian | 700437000000000000037,000 | 700414975000000000014,975 | APT | .deb | Debian-Installer | Yes |
DeLi Linux | 7002150000000000000150 | No | ||||
Dreamlinux | 700423000000000000023,000 | APT | .deb | Yes | ||
dyne:bolic | none | none | Yes | |||
Elive | 700420000000000000020,000 | APT | .deb | Yes | ||
EnGarde Secure Linux | 7002500000000000000500 | RPM, APT | RPM | |||
Fedora | 700422000000000000022,000 | yum, PackageKit | RPM | Anaconda | Yes | |
Finnix | 7002350000000000000350 | APT | .deb | No | ||
Foresight Linux | 70037000000000000007,000 | Conary, PackageKit | Yes | |||
Frugalware | 70036132000000000006,132 | 700173000000000000073 | Pacman | .fpm | Yes | |
Gentoo | 700415691000000000015,691 | 700431136000000000031,136 | Portage | ebuild | Yes | |
gnuLinEx | 7002200000000000000200 | APT | .deb | Yes | ||
GoboLinux | 70032000000000000002,000 | Manager, Compile, InstallPackage | recipes, tar.bz2 | Yes | ||
Impi Linux | No | |||||
Kanotix | 70031200000000000001,200 | APT | .deb | Yes | ||
KateOS | TGZex | tgz | Yes | |||
Knoppix | 70033600000000000003,600 | APT | .deb | No | ||
Kurumin | APT | .deb | Yes | |||
Linspire | 70032200000000000002,200 | CNR click and run | .deb | Yes | ||
Linux Mint | 700430000000000000030,000 | APT | .deb | Ubiquity | Yes | |
Lunar | 70033120000000000003,120 | lin | source | Yes | ||
Mageia | 700417283000000000017,283 (i586), 700411409000000000011,409 (x86-64) | 70038834000000000008,834 | urpmi, rpmdrake | RPM | DrakX | Yes |
Mandriva Linux | 700422600000000000022,600 | urpmi, rpmdrake | RPM | DrakX | Yes | |
MEPIS | 700420000000000000020,000 | APT | .deb | MEPIS Install | Yes | |
MintPPC | 700423200000000000023,200 | 700412123000000000012,123 | APT | .deb | Debian-Installer | No |
Musix GNU/Linux | 70031300000000000001,300 | APT | .deb | Yes | ||
Mythbuntu | 700435000000000000035,000 | APT | .deb | Ubiquity | ||
Network Security Toolkit | 70038280000000000008,280 | 70038280000000000008,280 | yum | RPM | Anaconda | Yes |
NimbleX | 7002500000000000000500 | none | tgz | No | ||
Nitix | SoftUpdate, yum | RPM | Yes | |||
openSUSE | 700451067000000000051,067 | 700427650000000000027,650 | YaST, Zypper | RPM | YaST | Yes |
OpenWrt | 70032000000000000002,000 | opkg | .ipk | - | No | |
Pardus | 70034000000000000004,000 | PiSi | .pisi | YALI | Yes | |
Parsix | 700429000000000000029,000 | 700414900000000000014,900 | APT | .deb | Yes | |
PCLinuxOS | 700412000000000000012,000 | APT, RPM | RPM | Yes | ||
Puppy | 7002700000000000000700 | PupGet, DotPup | .pup, .pet | Yes | ||
Red Flag | Red Flag Installer System, RPM | RPM | Yes | |||
Red Hat Enterprise Linux | 70033000000000000003,000 | RPM, yum | RPM | Yes | ||
Rxart | 70035000000000000005,000 | APT | .deb | Yes | ||
Sabayon Linux | 700412000000000000012,000 | Portage, Entropy | ebuild | Yes | ||
Scientific | APT/yum | RPM | Yes | |||
SHR | 70033000000000000003,000 | 70033000000000000003,000 | opkg | opk | opkg | Yes |
sidux | 700423000000000000023,000 | APT | .deb | Yes | ||
Slackware | 70032292000000000002,292 | installpkg, upgradepkg | tgz, .txz, .tlz, .tbz | No | ||
Slax | 70032050000000000002,050 | none | .lzm | |||
SliTaz GNU/Linux | 70032300000000000002,300 | Tazpkg | .tazpkg | Yes | ||
Source Mage GNU/Linux | 70035514000000000005,514 | Sorcery Package Manager | src | Yes | ||
Super OS | APT | .deb | Ubiquity | Yes | ||
SUSE Linux | 700422000000000000022,000 | YaST, Zypper | RPM | YaST | Yes | |
Symphony OS | APT, OneClick | RPM | Yes | |||
SYS | 70036000000000000006,000 | installpkg, upgradepkg | tgz | No | ||
Tiny Core Linux | 700425160000000000025,160 | ab, tce-load | tcz | tc-install, core2usb | Yes | |
Tiny SliTaz | 700150000000000000050 | Web site | none | No | ||
Tor-ramdisk | none | none | No | |||
Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Xubuntu | 700435784000000000035,784 | APT | .deb | Ubiquity | Yes | |
Ututo | 70035000000000000005,000 | UTUTO Package Manager | ebuild | |||
Vector Linux | slapt-get, gslapt, installpkg | tgz | Yes | |||
Wolvix | installpkg, upgradepkg | tgz, .txz | Yes | |||
Xandros Desktop | APT | .deb | Yes | |||
XBMC Live | APT | .deb | No | |||
Yoper | 70032000000000000002,000 | Smart | RPM | No | ||
Zentyal | APT | .deb | dpkg | Yes | ||
Zenwalk | 70032000000000000002,000 | netpkg, installpkg, upgradepkg | tgz, txz | Yes | ||
Distribution | Approximate number of packages | Approximate number of source packages | Default package management tools | Package format | Default installer | Graphical installation process |
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