If you’ve ever used a modern Linux distribution, you’ve likely experienced the convenience of installing and updating software with a single command. Package managers, the tools behind this ease of ...

One of the most frustrating aspects of open-source development is all the time spent waiting for code to compile. Right now, compiling KDE's basic modules and libraries on a single machine takes me ...

You could also look for a slackware package for php-exif or such. I don't know how slackware does things, but debian has packages for all the addons.

It used to be that open source software was released only as source code and had to be compiled wherever it was needed. Obviously, that’s changed. Today, some will even tell you that compiling source ...

When I first started using Linux in the late 90s, there was really only one way to install an application. You would download the app, unpack the archive, run the ...