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<p>Hello LILUG,</p>
<p>Thanks for participating in and enjoying my discussion on Linux
Package Managers! It was good to discuss basic commands for
regular and containerized packages, as well as dive into some
higher-level thinking.</p>
<p>If you want the files that I presented last night, they will be
in my package management git repository:<br>
<a href="https://github.com/Trimble-tech/Package-Manager-Demo" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://github.com/Trimble-tech/Package-Manager-Demo</a></p>
<p>Additionally, there will be notes posted as always to my
secretary/notes repository. Since I was presenting and not
writing, I should have the initial copy in the <i>Drafts</i>
branch in a day or so. If you have anything to add or change, feel
free to either contribute to the branch or email recommendations
to me at <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:trimble-tech@hotmail.com" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">trimble-tech@hotmail.com</a>. <br>
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<p>Lastly, I want to follow-up on something we discussed last night
when looking at APT sources for Debian 12 and Ubuntu 24.04. When
we were looking at the repository files, the two looked different
and at the time I didn't have enough of an explanation for it.
Here is an example entry from Debian 12:</p>
<font face="monospace">#Debian<br>
deb <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://deb.debian.org/debian">http://deb.debian.org/debian</a> bookworm main contrib
non-free-firmware<br>
deb-src <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://deb.debian.org/debian">http://deb.debian.org/debian</a> bookworm main contrib
non-free-firmware</font>
<p>Here is an entry for Ubuntu:</p>
<font face="monospace">#Ubuntu<br>
Enabled: yes<br>
Types: deb deb-src<br>
URIs: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu">http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu</a><br>
Suites: noble noble-updates noble-security noble-backports<br>
Components: main universe multiverse restricted</font>
<p>The difference between the two, to be brief, is that Debian 12
uses "one-liner" formatting that is older while Ubuntu 24.04 uses
"Deb822" formatting; Ubuntu's formatting is meant to be easier for
computers to read and (hopefully) easier for people to write. Note
that Debian needs a second entry to pull source code while Ubuntu
can just add <i>deb-src</i> to line 3.</p>
<p>The release of Debian 13 will move Debian over to the Deb822
format but both should work for now if used. If you want to read
more about this, check out this documentation: </p>
<p>- <a href="https://repolib.readthedocs.io/en/latest/deb822-format.html" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://repolib.readthedocs.io/en/latest/deb822-format.html</a><br>
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<p>- <a href="https://manpages.debian.org/trixie/apt/sources.list.5.en.html" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://manpages.debian.org/trixie/apt/sources.list.5.en.html</a></p>
<p>Thanks again and I hope you find the information helpful.<br>
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<p>Regards,</p>
Chris Trimble<br>
LILUG Secretary<br>
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