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Linux distributions

 * dpkg, used originally by Debian and now by other systems like Ubuntu, uses the .deb format and was the first to have a widely known dependency resolution tool (APT).


 * The RPM Package Manager was created by Red Hat, and is now used by a number of other Linux distributions. RPM is the Linux Standard Base packaging format and is the base of a large number of additional tools, including apt4rpm; Red Hat's up2date; Mandriva's urpmi; openSUSE's ZYpp; PLD Linux's poldek; and YUM, which is used by Fedora, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, and Yellow Dog Linux.
 * A simple tgz package system combines the standard tar and gzip. Used by Slackware Linux and its closer derivates, there are a few higher-level tools that use the same tgz packaging format, including: slapt-get, slackpkg, zendo, netpkg, and swaret.
 * Pacman for Arch Linux, Frugalware and DeLi Linux uses pre-compiled binaries distributed in a compressed Tar archive.
 * Smart Package Manager, used by CCux Linux
 * ipkg, a dpkg-inspired, very lightweight system targeted at storage-constrained Linux systems such as embedded devices and handheld computers. It is used on, among others, HP's webOS.
 * opkg, fork of ipkg
 * pkgutils, used by CRUX Linux
 * PETget, used by Puppy Linux
 * Upkg, used by paldo GNU/Linux and ExTiX Linux
 * PISI, used by Pardus
 * appbrowser, a special purpose tool in Tiny Core Linux for browsing and selecting applications from online repositories.
 * Conary, used by Foresight Linux
 * Equo, used by Sabayon Linux
 * Tazpkg - for Slitaz- uses LZMA compressed archives.
 * Steam - a commercial package manager used primarily for games

dpkg, Pacman, PETget, slapt-get, slackpkg,