PACKAGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS FOR THE DEBIAN: BASIC ARCHITECTURE AND HIGH-LEVEL UTILITIES

The basic architecture of the package management system and package managers of the Debian is considered. Specific safety rules for working with a package are indicated, the risks of non-compliance with these rules are shown, and approaches to reduce their impact have been proposed. The analysis of the levels of dependencies between packages was carried out, so to determine interaction of installed applications. A basic model of the life cycle of the package utilities has been proposed, specialized operations, which may not be included in this model have been identified. The command, package, and utility levels relations were indicated. A package and package managers organizing scheme has been developed, it allows defining requirements for safe work with packages. Key words: