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Understanding Linux package 
management
Nowadays, 
app stores
 are all the rage on 
most platforms; typically, you'll have one 
central location from which to retrieve applications, allowing you to install them on 
your device. Even phones and tablets utilize a central software repository in which 
software is curated and made available. The Android platform has Google Play, 
Apple offers its App Store, and so on. For Linux users, this concept isn't new. The 
concept of software repositories is similar to that of app stores and has been around 
within the Linux community since long before cellular phones even had color screens.
Linux has had package management since the '90s, initially popularized by