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Software Installation on Raspberry Pi OS
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Installing standard software
There are different ways of installing software from online repositories on your Raspberry Pi, depending on where the source of the software lives.
The most common is through the command line tool APT (Advanced Packaging Tool). Some software can also be installed using other package managers.
APT
Use apt install to install software from the Raspberry Pi OS repository. This has a huge number of software packages available. You can use apt-cache search <search term> to search the database for specific software packages.
Snap
Installing snap on Raspberry Pi OS - Snap Package Manager - https://snapcraft.io/docs/installing-snap-on-raspbian
Python
Some Python software can be installed using Python's package manager pip
Ruby
Some Ruby software can be installed with Ruby's package manager ruby gems
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