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metapackage

metapackage noun: a software package that contains no software itself, but serves to install a particular set of other packages.

Noun

metapackage (plural metapackages)

  1. A software package that contains no software itself, but serves to install a particular set of other packages.

Forms of metapackage

pluralmetapackages

Origin of metapackage

From meta- + package.

Words formed from metapackage

  • metapackaging

Questions about metapackage

What does metapackage mean?
Metapackage means a software package that contains no software itself, but serves to install a particular set of other packages.
What part of speech is metapackage?
Metapackage is a noun.
What is the plural of metapackage?
The plural of metapackage is metapackages.

Words near metapackage in the dictionary

  1. metaophiolite
  2. metaorder
  3. metaorders
  4. metaorganism
  5. metaorganisms
  6. metapackage
  7. metapackages
  8. metaparable
  9. metaparables
  10. metaparadigm
  11. metaparameter

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Adapted from Wiktionary: metapackage (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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