Installing Additional Programs with a Package Manager
Explore how to install additional programs on various operating systems using package managers such as apt, yum, and Homebrew. Understand updating package lists and installing software like the tree command to enhance your CLI experience.
We'll cover the following...
Package manager
The operating system has a bunch of programs already installed, but we want to install more. We might be used to going to an app store or downloading some files from a website and installing them. Still, POSIX (Portable Operating System Interface) systems traditionally offer package managers to make downloading and installing software easy. Each operating system has its own package manager. Debian and Ubuntu use the apt package manager, while Fedora and CentOS use yum.
If we’re using Bash on Windows, we use ...