* Posts by natxo asenjo

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EC will force users to pick a Windows browser, says Microsoft

natxo asenjo
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package manager

@Tone, msiexec is *not* a package manager. Try doing something like this with msiexec.exe

for debian distributions (ubuntu, ie):

apt-cache search firefox [enter]

apt-get install firefox [ enter]

for redhat distributions (redhat, centos, fedora):

yum search firefox [enter]

yum install firefox [enter]

And the package manager searchs the online software repositories for firefox, and when you ask it to install it, it downloads all the necessary software dependencies to install the package firefox.

replace firefox with any word you like (rss, dns, mail, ..., you get the picture) while searching for software. Once found, install it with another command. Now *that* is a package manager.

IInstalling software in linux is way easier than in windows.