What Is a Software Package?

A software package (SoftWare Package) refers to a program or a group of programs with specific functions used to complete specific tasks. Can be divided into two major categories of application software packages and system software packages. Application software packages are related to specific application fields, and can be divided into two types: general package and special package. The general software package is developed according to some common needs of the society, and the special software package is customized by the producer according to the specific needs of the user, and can be modified or changed to suit its special needs.

A software package (SoftWare Package) refers to a program or a group of programs with specific functions used to complete specific tasks. Can be divided into two major categories of application software packages and system software packages. Application software packages are related to specific application fields, and can be divided into two types: general package and special package. The general software package is developed according to some common needs of the society, and the special software package is customized by the producer according to the specific needs of the user, and can be modified or changed to suit its special needs.

Chinese name

Software package

Foreign name

SoftWare Package

Classification

Application package

Function

A set of programs that implement a specific function

Common format

exe, zip, rar

The package appears

The term software package appeared in the 1960s. In the early 1960s, IBM transformed the application library on the IBM 1400 series into a more flexible and easy-to-use software package. Informatics designed and developed an automatic flowchart generation package AUTOFLOW in the form of a package according to user needs. In 1969, software began to separate from computer systems into independent components, and the term software package began to be widely used.

Package composition

A software package consists of a basic configuration and several optional components, which can be in the form of source code or object code. Documentation such as user manuals and guides are an important part of the software package. In addition, software package maintenance and technical support are also necessary.

Software package management In the system management, software package management is the most important and the basis of system management; only we can learn software package management to talk about other applications. The installation, update, and relative documentation of the packages faced by my brother, and several commonly used package management tools, such as system-cofig-packages, yum, ppapt

Package management tools

System-config-packages

2, yum online update software package, can also manage the locally installed software package tools

Package classification

For Linux and BSD systems

In Linux and BSD systems, software packages mainly come in two forms: binary packages and source code packages. The main binary packet formats are:

rpm

deb

Autopackage

Source code packages are mainly suitable for the installation of free software, users need to compile them by themselves.

For Windows

In Windows, most software packages come in the form of an installer. You can install the software in a specified directory, or you can use a compression tool to package it. After decompression, you can run it. ^[1]