Date: 2019 November 16 - 14:45 Duration: 50 min Room: TALKS 3178

Debian-based package management has been rock solid for many years. Still, there are complexities and nuances to explore.

This talk will be a tour of distribution provided software management tools and features in Debian and Debian-based distributions such as Ubuntu.

Attendees will learn about:

common software management tools
features of debian packages
parts of debian packages
helper tools
configuring and reconfiguring software
prioritizing and pinning software
upgrades
snaps
some differences between Debian and Ubuntu