Every Linux Package Manager Explained

Published: 02 March 2026
on channel: LinuxDojo - Interactive Linux Hands-on Labs

Every Linux distro installs software differently. There are 28 package managers — from tarballs in 1993 to Nix and Flatpak today — and they all think they're the right one.

In this video, I break down every single Linux package manager: how they work, why they exist, and what makes each one different. We cover RPM, dpkg, APT, YUM, Pacman, AUR, Portage, Nix, Snap, Flatpak,
AppImage, DNF5, and everything in between.

⏱️ Timestamps:
0:00 — Before package managers (1993)
0:24 — Tarballs & compiling from source
0:37 — The first package managers
1:06 — Slackware's pkgtool
1:28 — RPM & dependency hell
2:14 — dpkg & the .deb format
2:45 — APT: the game changer
3:25 — Arch Linux & Pacman
3:58 — The AUR
4:11 — Portage & Gentoo
4:47 — Nix: the functional approach
5:30 — The SAT solver problem
6:07 — Alpine & musl
6:30 — Snap & Canonical's bet
7:22 — The Snap controversy
8:14 — The bait & switch incident
8:34 — DNF5
8:50 — Flatpak & Flathub
9:08 — AppImage
9:22 — The state of Linux packages in 2026

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