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Ask HN: What package manager do you use for your Linux machine?

• jjgreen 3y ago
  I use apt, and one for every bloody language I code in (except C)
  • pythops 3y ago
    which I expect is not easy as it's a tedious plus you may run into conflicts in software versions ?
    • jjgreen 3y ago
      C? Rarely an issue, libraries are as come with the OS so just apt-get install libfoo-dev Most C libraries are pretty stable, if there are version differences then an #if or two will work around that.
• simonblack 3y ago
  Apt also. I don't know if it's a 'Which came first, the chicken or the egg?' situation but I have concentrated over the years with Debian and Ubuntu based distros. They use 'apt'. So do I use 'apt' because I prefer Debian and Ubuntu, or do I use Debian or Ubuntu based distros because I prefer 'apt'? It's probably a bit of both. I started to use 'apt' because I used Debian and Ubuntu, and now I prefer to use Mint Mate, and have done for around 12 years, because it has 'apt' as its main package manager.