List of software package management systems Package Managers Package Formats
- DEB used in Debian (Ubuntu, Mint)
- RPM used in Red Hat (Fedora) and SUSE
- PKG.tar.zst used in Arch (Manjaro)
- ebuild used in Gentoo, is just a test file with instructions on how to build
These package formats can be added to any Linux distribution
- Flatpak
- Flathub is the app store
- This is the most popular format
- AppImage
- AppImage is the attempt at an application store
- This format is less popular
- Snap
- Snapcraft is the application store
- Owned by Canonical (Ubuntu)
- Receives a lot of criticism but is actually a very good platform
- for DEB
- for RPM (Red Hat Package Manager)
- For PKG.tar.zst
- Pacman (package manager)
- For ebuild
- Portage
- Emerge is the front end
- Portage
Other package managers