Overview of features
The key features of the package management systems that have been examined by this website are shown below in table format for quick comparison.
| Features | Dpkg | Rpm | Portage | Pacman |
| Ease of Use |  | | | |
| Binary Compatibility | |  | N/A | N/A |
| Used by many distributions | | | | |
| Graphical Frontends available | | | |
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| Handles Dependencies | | | |
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| "Safe" System-wide updates |
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| Many repositories available |
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