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I agree with you, but package names aren't predictable. I find that an example of installing a package is helpful even for users familiar with use of package ma
by kumarsw 6y ago
I agree with you, but package names aren't predictable. I find that an example of installing a package is helpful even for users familiar with use of package managers as it gives context and helps readability. Whenever I see `sudo apt-get somethingsomething` I immediately know that somethingsomething is the package name.
- Symbiote 6y agoIt's an old GNU tool. The package name will be "units" everywhere.
- samatman 6y agoOn Homebrew, at least, it's `gnu-units`. If you try to install just `units`, brew is smart enough to suggest it, however.
- nemetroid 6y agoApplication developers typically do not decide package names (unless they provide their own package repository), distribution maintainers do. Package names may change over time, and might be different for different distributions (or even between different versions of the same distribution), even if they use the same package format. Of course, application developers may decide anyway to keep track of package names for their N favourite distributions and display them on their website. But to me it comes across as a waste of useful space.