Porg Alternatives

Apps similar to Porg include Advanced Package Tool (APT), which is free and open source. Other options are eget, Grop and CheckInstall. In total there are four Package Managers like Porg for Linux, Mac and Windows.

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  1. Apt (for Advanced Package Tool) is a set of core tools inside Debian. The user interface application for Apt is aptitude.

    53 Advanced Package Tool (APT) alternatives

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    • Linux
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    Eget is the best way to easily get pre-built binaries for your favorite tools. It downloads and extracts pre-built binaries from releases on GitHub

    55 eget alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • GitHub
    • Go (Programming Language)
    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Homebrew
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    Grop is the graphic interface of porg. It uses and depends on the GTKMM library (version 3.4.0 or later). It's not meant to be a replacement of porg, since it lacks some important features like logging package installations, but it allows for manipulating the installed...

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
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  4. CheckInstall is a Linux program which eases installation & uninstallation of software compiled from source. After software compilation it can automatically generate a Slackware, RPM, or Debian-compatible package that can later be cleanly uninstalled.

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
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