Introduction to 0install

Introduction to 0install by Thomas Leonard 0install (pronounced “Zero Install”) is a decentralised cross-platform package manager. “Decentralised” means that organisations and individuals can host their software in their own package repositories, without naming con- flicts. “Cross-platform” means that it works on Linux, OS X, Unix and Windows. “Package management” means support for binary and source packages, dependency res- olution, automatic updates and digital signature verifica- tion.