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<link linkend="synaptic">Synaptic</link> - Allows more advanced management, such as installing server applications and choosing different versions of the same package.

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<link linkend="apt">Apt</link> - Allows package management from the command line.

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You can only use one package manager at a time. If you start another package manager while one is already open, you will receive an error message.

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You will require administrative access to install and remove software. This is because packages sometimes need to change important system files. See the <link linkend="administrative"><application>Administrative Tasks</application></link> section for more information on administrative access.

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Common package-management terms

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If you are unfamiliar with Xubuntu's package management system, you may like to take a look at some of the following definitions.

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<emphasis role="strong">Packages</emphasis> are files which contain a program and all of the files required to run it on your computer. When you install a package, a file is downloaded from a repository and installed by a package manager.

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<emphasis role="strong">Dependencies</emphasis> are packages which must be installed before certain other packages can be installed. Dependency packages usually contain some files and programs needed by the other packages - for example, a word-processing package may depend on a printing package being installed in order to be able to print documents.

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Software repositories

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When you install software on Xubuntu, the package manager automatically downloads the required software packages from a <emphasis>software repository</emphasis>, a location on the Internet which stores collections of packages ready to be downloaded.