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 **api**: code abstractions representing the main actions that a user can do with Linux packages (search, install, ...). These abstractions are implemented by the **gems**, and
 the **view** code is only attached to them (it does not know how the **gems** handle the actions)
 
-**commons**: common code used by **gem** and **view**
+**commons**: common code used by **gems** and **view**
 
 ### Roadmap
 - Support for other packaging technologies