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I am working in a project which was using the Perforce repository. So I was using P4 and P4V tools, to make commits and submissions. Now I decided to make my machine cleaner, so I reinstalled the Ubuntu, and making new settings.

Installing the P4 and P4V, made me a little confused. I can install next things, to get the p4 tool:

$ sudo apt-get install perforce-cli

and

$ sudo apt-get install helix-cli

So the question is what is the difference betwen helix-* products and perforce-*. Is it just new\old names? perforce-*** has more things that can be installed

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    It's a naming/marketing thing. The company builds more tools than just p4/p4d/p4v nowadays (there are code review tools, git tools, etc.) Helix is an umbrella brand name of sorts, I suppose. – Bryan Pendleton Apr 19 '16 at 13:54

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Helix is the new name that we have given to some Perforce Products.

i.e., Helix Server = P4D = Perforce Server

Helix CLI = P4 = Perforce Command Line client.

To install the latest version of the Helix Server (Perforce Server) and Helix command line client (P4) using packages, run:

sudo aptitude install helix-p4d helix-cli
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