---
title: Debian Software Management
osem_url: https://osem.seagl.org/conferences/seagl2019/program/proposals/648
beginning: '2019-11-16T14:45:00.000-08:00'
end: '2019-11-16T15:35:00.000-08:00'
resources:
  internet_archive_identifier: debian_202001
presenters:
- name: der.hans
  affiliation: Object Rocket
  osem_url: https://osem.seagl.org/users/363
  gravatar_id: 26d7f047c161637f6f5459bfad4d5e32
  biography: |-
    der.hans is a Free Software, technology and entrepreneurial veteran.

    He's chairman of the Phoenix Linux User Group (PLUG), BoF organizer for the Southern California Linux Expo (SCaLE), and founder of the Free Software Stammtisch and Stammtisch Job Nights.

    Currently, he's a Customer Data Engineer at Object Rocket. Most likely anything he says publicly was not approved by $dayjob.

    <https://floss.social/@FLOX_advocate>
---

Debian-based package management has been rock solid for many years.
Still, there are complexities and nuances to explore.

This talk will be a tour of distribution provided software management tools and features in Debian and Debian-based distributions such as Ubuntu.

Attendees will learn about:

* common software management tools
* features of debian packages
* parts of debian packages
* helper tools
* configuring and reconfiguring software
* prioritizing and pinning software
* upgrades
* snaps
* some differences between Debian and Ubuntu
