"own" a file and might break upgrades. Impact Ian Murdock had commented that package management is "the single biggest advancement Linux has brought to the industry", that it blurs the boundaries between operating system and applications, and that it makes it "easier to push new innovations [...] into the marketplace and [...] evolve the OS". There is also a conference for package manager developers known as PackagingCon. It was established in 2021 with the aim to understand different approaches to package management. See also Dependency hell Installation (computer programs) List of software package management systems Manifest file Package format References External links Package Management Cheatsheet from Distrowatch ArchLinux Rosetta Stone – Command Line Comparison for Package Managers upkg universal package manager a wrapper that provides same syntax for all flavors of Linux Software distribution Types of tools used in software development