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What process was first used to install software on Linux systems?
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∙ 15y ago
The first method (and similar to that still use by some distros like Slackware) is a simple tarball (.tar.gz file). Extracting this into your root file system would install the library or binary.
Another method, if you already had a working compiler, was to compile the software yourself. The ./configure, make, make install was fairly commonplace in the early days of Linux. You can thank Debian for making life easier.
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