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 ...

The open-source development ecosystem has experienced a significant rise in malicious software components, putting enterprises on high alert for software supply chain attacks.

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 ...

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

Using the terminal to install and remove software in Linux isn’t just practical—it’s empowering. The next time you find an app you want to install, try doing it from the terminal command line. Once ...

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.

UPS's package-flow system, which will be used by 100,000 employees at more than 1,000 sites, reduces training requirements for drivers and speeds deliveries.

Ubuntu’s ‘Snap’ packages may be the future of software installation on every Linux PC Snap is the first cross-distribution package format with real traction.

For some software developers and Independent Software Vendors (ISVs), there are differing ideas about where to install one's applications and software packages. Some prefer to install in /usr/bin/ or ...