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So when you work with Linux,
there are different ways to manage software.

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And let's talk
about these different solutions.

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The most fundamental way is to use source packages. These are
archives, typically tarballs, which is a name for archives created by

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TAR that can be used to distribute source code. And
next, if it is source code, you need to compile it.

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Fortunately, that's not something that you
need to do a lot nowadays.

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Another option is where archives are used.
So archives can contain program files that

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are installed by extracting the archive and
copying the files to the right location.

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That works, but it's not really convenient
because if after the installation you need to

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upgrade or remove your application, you might
be in for a lot of work.

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And that is why on Linux
the standard is to work with packages.

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Packages are archived with metadata and
package installation is tracked in a

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local package database, which makes updating
and removing packages so much easier.

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Software managers sit on top of
these packages and they install packages

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from repositories, which are online resources
that contain large collections of packages.

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And they are used
for easy management of dependencies.

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And the latest addition to the way how
software is used on Linux are Flatpak and Snap.

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These are recent additions that install
applications in an isolated container like environment.

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In the next couple of videos you'll
learn more about all of these methods.