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Package format
Package format is a type of archive containing computer programs and additional metadata needed by package managers;1 an instance of this type of archive is called a package. While the archive file format itself may be unchanged, package formats carry additional metadata, such as a manifest file or certain directory layouts. Packages may contain either source code or executable files.
Packages may be converted from one type to another with software such as Alien.
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Justin Angelo Cappos, Stork: Secure Package Management for VM Environments, ProQuest, 2008, p. 128; ↩
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