XBPS
E751210
XBPS (X Binary Package System) is the native package management system used by the Void Linux distribution to install, update, and manage software.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| XBPS canonical | 6 |
| XBPS package system | 2 |
| X Binary Package System | 1 |
| xbps | 1 |
| xbps package manager | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8682263 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: XBPS Context triple: [Void Linux, hasPackageManager, XBPS]
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A.
Portage package manager
Portage is Gentoo Linux’s source-based package management system that automates compiling, installing, and updating software with highly customizable build options.
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B.
PackageKit
PackageKit is a system-agnostic software management framework that provides a unified interface for installing, updating, and removing packages across different Linux distributions.
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C.
pamac
pamac is a graphical package management tool for Arch-based Linux distributions that simplifies installing, updating, and removing software from official repositories and the AUR.
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D.
Gentoo Portage package manager
The Gentoo Portage package manager is Gentoo Linux’s source-based package management system that automates compiling, installing, and updating software using ebuild scripts and dependency tracking.
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E.
Flatpak
Flatpak is a cross-distribution Linux framework for building, distributing, and running sandboxed desktop applications.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: XBPS Target entity description: XBPS (X Binary Package System) is the native package management system used by the Void Linux distribution to install, update, and manage software.
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A.
Portage package manager
Portage is Gentoo Linux’s source-based package management system that automates compiling, installing, and updating software with highly customizable build options.
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B.
PackageKit
PackageKit is a system-agnostic software management framework that provides a unified interface for installing, updating, and removing packages across different Linux distributions.
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C.
pamac
pamac is a graphical package management tool for Arch-based Linux distributions that simplifies installing, updating, and removing software from official repositories and the AUR.
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D.
Gentoo Portage package manager
The Gentoo Portage package manager is Gentoo Linux’s source-based package management system that automates compiling, installing, and updating software using ebuild scripts and dependency tracking.
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E.
Flatpak
Flatpak is a cross-distribution Linux framework for building, distributing, and running sandboxed desktop applications.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
package management system
ⓘ
software ⓘ |
| abbreviation | XBPS ⓘ |
| category | Linux package management software ⓘ |
| component |
xbps-install
ⓘ
xbps-query ⓘ xbps-reconfigure ⓘ xbps-remove ⓘ xbps-rindex ⓘ xbps-uchroot ⓘ xbps-uhelper ⓘ xbps-uunshare ⓘ |
| designedFor | Void Linux base system management ⓘ |
| feature |
configuration file handling
ⓘ
dependency resolution ⓘ package integrity verification ⓘ signed repositories ⓘ transactional package operations ⓘ |
| fullName |
X Binary Package System
ⓘ
linked to:
XBPS
|
| homepage | https://github.com/void-linux/xbps ⓘ |
| implementationLanguage | C ⓘ |
| license | BSD-2-Clause ⓘ |
| maintainedBy |
Void Linux project
ⓘ
linked to:
Void Linux
|
| nativePackageManagerOf | Void Linux ⓘ |
| operatingSystem | Void Linux ⓘ |
| packageFormat | binary packages ⓘ |
| primaryCommand |
xbps-install
ⓘ
xbps-query ⓘ xbps-remove ⓘ |
| repositoryType |
local repositories
ⓘ
remote binary repositories ⓘ |
| supportsArchitecture |
AArch64
ⓘ
linked to:
ARMv8-A
ARM ⓘ i686 ⓘ x86_64 ⓘ |
| supportsOperation |
install packages
ⓘ
query packages ⓘ remove packages ⓘ repository management ⓘ update packages ⓘ verify packages ⓘ |
| supportsSourceBuildsVia | xbps-src ⓘ |
| supportsUpdateType |
package-level upgrades
ⓘ
system-wide upgrades ⓘ |
| usedBy | Void Linux ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: XBPS Description of subject: XBPS (X Binary Package System) is the native package management system used by the Void Linux distribution to install, update, and manage software.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: XBPS
linked to: XBPS
linked to: XBPS