Appendix A: Common Package Management methods in Linux

As part of installing the GigE-V Framework for Linux, other software packages are either useful or required for proper functioning of the API. Software packages are available for distribution in different file formats. The most common ones are:

· “.deb” files: Debian package files

· “.rpm” files: RedHat Package Manger files

· “.tgz”: Compressed tar archive files

Different Linux distributions use different programs for managing (searching, installing, updating) these packages. Distributions usually have both a graphical program used for installing packages as well as a command-line program for installing packages.