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Alfred M. Szmidt <ams@kemisten.nu> wrote:

>    Most Linux distros  have a package management tool  that does what you
>    want.  Only the minimalistic ones (e.g. the single-floppy flavours) do
>    not.
> 
> No version of Linux has a package manager.  It is a kernel, it cannot
> have a package manager.  What you mean is a variant of GNU using Linux
> as its kernel.  See http://www.gnu.org/gnu/linux-and-gnu.html

Oh please.  He said Linux _distros_.  Man...

Yes, most Linux distros  have a package management tool.