====== Ubuntu - Packages - Linux Distribution Equivalents ======

Shows equivalent commands to manage packages from different Linux distributions.


^ ^Ubuntu^RedHat^
|Package file extension|.deb|.rpm|
|Repository location configuration|/etc/apt/sources.list|/etc/yum.conf|
|Check for package upgrades|apt-get -s upgrade apt-get -s dist-upgrade|yum check-update|
|Find package that installed a file|dpkg --search filename|rpm -qf filename|
|Find package that provides a particular file|apt-file search filename|yum provides filename|
|Get information about a package|apt-cache show package_name|yum info package_name|
|Get information about a package file|dpkg --info package.deb|rpm -qpi package.rpm|
|Get information about an installed package|dpkg --status package_name|rpm -qi package_name|
|Install a package file|dpkg --install package.deb|rpm -i package.rpm|
|Install a package from a repository|apt-get install package_name|yum install package_name|
|List files in a package|dpkg --listfiles package.deb|rpm -ql package.rpm|
|List files in a package file|dpkg --contents package.deb|rpm -qpl package.rpm|
|List documentation files in a package file| |rpm -qpd package.rpm|
|List configuration files in a package file| |rpm -qpc package.rpm|
|Remove a package|apt-get remove package_name|rpm -e package_name|
|Remove packages from the local cache directory|apt-get clean|yum clean packages|
|Remove a package with configuration files|apt-get purge package_name|yum remove package_name|
|Show the packages a given package depends on|apt-cache depends package_name|rpm -qR package_name|
|Show other packages that depend on a given package (reverse dependency)|apt-cache rdepends package_name|rpm -q --whatrequires [args]|
|Upgrade packages|apt-get upgrade|rpm -Uvh [args]|
|Upgrade the entire system|apt-get dist-upgrade|yum upgrade|