Task
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Red Hat/Fedora
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Debian/Ubuntu
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Adding, Removing and Upgrading Packages
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Refresh list of available packages
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Yum refreshes each time it's used
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apt-get update
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Install a package from a repository
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yum install package_name
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apt-get install package_name
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Install a package file
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yum install package.rpm
rpm -i package.rpm |
dpkg --install package.deb
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Remove a package
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rpm -e package_name
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apt-get remove package_name
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Check for package upgrades
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yum check-update
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apt-get -s upgrade
apt-get -s dist-upgrade |
Upgrade packages
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yum update
rpm -Uvh [args] |
apt-get dist-upgrade
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Upgrade the entire system
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yum upgrade
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apt-get dist-upgrade
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Package Information
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Get information about an available package
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yum search package_name
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apt-cache search package_name
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Show available packages
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yum list available
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apt-cache dumpavail
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List all installed packages
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yum list installed
rpm -qa |
dpkg --list
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Get information about a package
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yum info package_name
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apt-cache show package_name
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Get information about an installed package
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rpm -qi package_name
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dpkg --status package_name
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List files in an installed package
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rpm -ql package_name
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dpkg --listfiles package_name
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List documentation files in an installed package
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rpm -qd package_name
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List configuration files in an installed package
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rpm -qc package_name
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Show the packages a given package depends on
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rpm -qR package_name
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apt-cache depends
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Show other packages that depend on a
given package (reverse dependency) |
rpm -q -whatrequires [args]
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apt-cache rdepends
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Package File Information
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Get information about a package file
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rpm -qpi package.rpm
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dpkg --info package.deb
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List files in a package file
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rpm -qpl package.rpm
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dpkg --contents package.deb
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List documentation files in a package file
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rpm -qpd package.rpm
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List configuration files in a package file
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rpm -qpc package.rpm
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Extract files in a package
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rpm2cpio package.rpm | cpio -vid
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dpkg-deb --extract package.deb dir-to-extract-to
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Find package that installed a file
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rpm -qf filename
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dpkg --search filename
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Find package that provides a particular file
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yum provides filename
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apt-file search filename
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Misc. Packaging System Tools
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Show stats about the package cache
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apt-cache stats
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Verify all installed packages
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rpm -Va
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debsums
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Remove packages from the local cache directory
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yum clean packages
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apt-get clean
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Remove only obsolete packages from the local cache directory
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apt-get autoclean
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Remove header files from the local cache directory
(forcing a new download of same on next use) |
yum clean headers
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apt-file purge
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General Packaging System Information
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Package file extension
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*.rpm
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*.deb
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Repository location configuration
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/etc/yum.conf
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/etc/apt/sources.list
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Resources:
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