[AuckLUG] difference between Debian & Ubuntu packages?

[Daniel Pittman]

"Vincente Aggrippino" <vaggrippino at gmail.com> writes:

> What is the difference between Debian and Ubuntu from the perspective
> of installing packages?

Almost none.  They both use the same package format, etc.

> Can a package intended for Debian be installed directly on Ubuntu 100%
> of the time?

As a general rule, yes.  The main differences are that Ubuntu and Debian
releases have different versions of GCC, libc and other tools.  This can
cause some issues with C++ applications or dependencies.

Otherwise, yes, all fine.  If the needed dependencies are around in
Ubuntu then things "just work."

Regards,
        Daniel
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