Software package (installation)
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A software package refers to computer software packaged in an archive format to be installed by a package management system or a self-sufficient installer.
Linux based operating systems are normally segmented into packages. Each package contains a specific application or service. Examples of packages include a library for handling the PNG image format, a collection of fonts, or a web browser.
The package is typically provided as compiled code, with installation and removal of packages handled by a package management system (PMS) rather than a simple file archiver. Each package intended for such a PMS contains meta-information such as a package description, version, and "dependencies". The package management system can evaluate this meta-information to allow package searches, to perform an automatic upgrade to a newer version, to check that all dependencies of a package are fulfilled and/or to fulfill them automatically.
Some examples for these packages are Sun Microsystem's Star office, and OpenOffice.org.
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