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• Ian Jackson (computer programmer) Ian Jackson is a longtime free software author and Debian developer. Jackson wrote dpkg (replacing a more primitive Perl tool with the same name), SAUCE…
• Quilt (software) Quilt is a software utility for managing a series of changes to the source code of any computer program. Such changes are often referred to as "patches"…
• Package manager A package manager, or package management system, is software that supports installing, upgrading, configuring, and removing software for the host system…
• Debian Debian (/ˈdɛbiən/) is a free, general-purpose operating system developed by the Debian Project, a worldwide volunteer association founded by Ian Murdock…
• Wajig Wajig is a simplified wrapper to Debian's package management system dpkg/APT. Wajig provides the functionality of apt-get, dpkg, dpkg-deb, apt-cache and…