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Re:Malicious code in the purescript NPM installer by voltagex_ on Monday July 29, 2019 @01:22AM (#20551713)
>With APT, you get a single version of each package, so it's all or nothing.

It's definitely not used as often as in npm packages, but you can use =version after your package name to apt install a particular version, or apt pinning for more complex setups.

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Re:Malicious code in the purescript NPM installer by Xylakant on Monday July 29, 2019 @02:08AM (#20551875)
The point your parent is making is that with mom, you can install one version of a package per project you’re working on, instead of one version on the system. Especially if you’re working on multiple projects or multiple versions of the same project, this is required.
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