If you’re looking for an easier way to install third-party software on Ubuntu, Martin Wimpress has you covered with deb-get. Jack Wallen shows you how to install and use this handy tool. How many ...

Traditionally, Ubuntu has used the Deb package format. The Deb package format comes from Debian, which Ubuntu is based on. This is similar to other Linux package formats, like the RPM packages that ...

Your Linux distro already comes with a great package manager but sometimes you need applications that aren’t available via the official repositories. Third party applications, such as Google Chrome, ...

Corbin is a tech journalist and developer who worked at Android Police from 2016 until 2021. Check out his other work at corbin.io. Linux applications are usually distributed in one of two ways - ...

A deb is an ar archive, with a magic number of !<arch>, consisting of three files. The first file is named debian-binary. It is a text file with a series of newline separated lines. Currently it has ...