Software distribution

which of the following file extensions are considered archives in Windows?

.tar . .zip . .rar

whats the powershell commandlet you can use to extract and compress archives right from the command line.

Compress-Archive

whats the correct commandlet to use in order to find a software package in the available package sources from the powershell command line?

Find-Package

if your preforming an installation from the command line in Windows, whats the best method of checking out the options that the installation package provides?

consult the documentation for the application to see what options they provide, try to use the /? help flag to see if you get any helpful output.

whats the difference between apt and dpkg?

dpkg is used as a standalone debian package command, apt installs package dependencies.

Most shared libraries in Windows are managed by which of the following?

side-by-side assemblies, or SxS

whats the purpose of DDL in Windows?

to share a package of useful code among programs

whats the difference between an EXE file and an MSI file?

EXE file is an executable that may have an MSI file as one of its resources, MSI files are used by the Windows Installer to control how your application is installed.

what would you want to use an MSI file to guide the installation of a program, as opposed to an EXE?

when you want the Windows installer to preform bookkeeping and setup for your application, at the cost of following the rules the installer requires.