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APT (Advanced Package Tool):

Used by Debian, Ubuntu, Linux Mint, and other Debian-based distributions.
Frontends like apt-get, aptitude, and synaptic are commonly used for package management.
DPKG:

This is the backend package manager used by APT-based systems like Debian and Ubuntu.
Direct interaction with DPKG is less common, as it's usually used indirectly through APT.
RPM (RPM Package Manager):

Used primarily by Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), CentOS, Fedora, and OpenSUSE.
Frontends like YUM (Yellowdog Updater Modified) and DNF (Dandified YUM) are commonly used for package management.
ZYpp:

Used by openSUSE and SUSE Linux Enterprise.
Frontends like YaST (Yet another Setup Tool) are us…

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