Also called a "setup program" or "installer," an install program is software that prepares an application (software package) to run in the computer. Unless the app is a single utility program, it ...

Take, for example, Log4j. The logging library for Java used in millions of applications had a critical vulnerability dubbed Log4Shell in December 2021.That flaw and a few others that followed ...

There is a 32% chance the latest version of an open source software package has vulnerabilities. When upgrading to the latest version of a package, there’s still a 32% chance it will have known ...

The ScriptLogic Desktop Authority repertoire of client management functions we tested included standard hardware and software inventory, application deployment, remote control, patch management ...

Some applications provide standalone DEB files. Here’s how to install them from the Ubuntu terminal: Download the DEB file from a source you trust and save it to a destination you can remember, such ...

If you're using Linux, installing apps works a bit differently: Here's how to get software packages installed on Linux, and the key terms you need to know.

One concept which is effectively being meaningless is the concept of a “version” in the sense of an application software package version number/name or an operating system version number/name.

Snap packages can now be installed on many different Linux distributions. Snaps aim to provide a single, self-contained software package format that works on every Linux distribution. The dream of ...