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