Package managers Most modern distributions have a package manager –Handles installation –Handles dependencies –Handles conflicts –Packages are written in such a way as to ensure that they do not interfere with other parts of the OS install With BioKnoppix, you won't really need one With Debian, there is aptitude, and synaptic There are a wealth of bioinformatics tools packaged for use with package managers We'll be exploring these as we go along…
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