- Posted on
- Featured Image
In the Linux ecosystem, package managers are a critical component, helping users to install, update, and maintain software applications and their environment. One of the complexities that comes with managing packages is dealing with dependencies – other packages that a given package needs to function properly. In this guide, we’ll explore how package dependencies are resolved in Linux, focusing on three major package managers: apt (used by Debian-based distributions like Ubuntu), dnf (used by Fedora), and zypper (used by openSUSE). When you install software on Linux, the application may require other pieces of software to function. These requirements are what we call “dependencies.