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What are the best Linux package managers?

Pros

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Part of LSB

It is part of the Linux standard base.

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Very easy to create packages

It is very easy to create packages for it, you just need a small spec file.

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Standard archives

RPM packages are simple cpio archives that have additional compression support.

Cons

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No interaction

RPM does not support user interaction upon install.

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Many forks

Currently there exist rpmv4, rpmv5 and distribution specific forks like Mandrake's urpm.

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