Editing Package manager (section)

===Application-level package managers===
{{See also|List of software package management systems#Application-level package managers}}

Beside the system-level application managers, there are some add-on package managers for operating systems with limited capabilities and for [[programming language]]s in which developers need the latest [[Library (computing)|libraries]].

Unlike system-level package managers, application-level package managers focus on a small part of the software system. They typically reside within a directory tree that is not maintained by the system-level package manager, such as {{Mono|c:\cygwin}} or {{Mono|/opt/sw}}.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Fink – Home|url=https://www.finkproject.org/index.php|access-date=2021-09-02|website=finkproject.org|archive-date=18 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210818055630/https://finkproject.org/index.php|url-status=live}}</ref> However, this might not be the case for the package managers that deal with programming libraries, leading to a possible conflict as both package managers may claim to "own" a file and might break upgrades.