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 ...

A management suite, such as Apple Remote Desktop, simplifies the deployment of software applications to all managed OS X devices. But what happens when you use an alternative management suite that ...

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.

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 ...

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. Topics Spotlight: AI-ready data centers ...

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 ...

The system administrator can build packages from source and install them into the /usr/local/bin/ directory. However, the binary-only packages of nonessential applications and add-on software products ...