Mapping "how do I" from distro X to Y.
This won't be hugely comprehensive (unless it becomes so over time), but I'm jumping from Red Hat-based distros where I don't have to think about "how to X" to Debian-based distros, where I do. There's loads of great resources out there on the differences / translation but I wanted something condensed.
| Task | rpm | dpkg |
|---|---|---|
| List all installed packages | rpm -qa |
dpkg --list |
| List info on an installed package | rpm -qi <packagename> |
dpkg --status <packagename> |
| List all files in an installed package | rpm -ql <packagename> |
dpkg --listfiles <packagename> |
| List key config files in an installed package | rpm -qc <packagename> |
cat /var/lib/dpkg/info<packagename>.conffiles |
| List key documentation files in an installed package | rpm -qd <packagename> |
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| List installed package that owns the file | rpm -qf <filepath> |
dpkg -S <filepath> |
| List info on a package file | rpm -qpi <packagename.rpm> |
dpkg --info <packagename.deb> |
| List all files in a package file | rpm -qpl <packagename.rpm> |
dpkg --contents <packagename.deb> |
| List key config files in a package file | rpm -qpc <packagename> |
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| List key documentation files in a package file | rpm -qpd <packagename> |
| Task | yum | apt |
|---|---|---|
| List all installed packages | yum list installed |
apt list --installed |
| List all available packages | yum list available |
apt list | grep -v installed |
| List all installed and available packages | yum list all |
apt list |
| List all installed and available packages for a package | yum list <packagename> |
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| Search for specific packages | yum search <packagename> |
apt search <packagename> |
| Get more info for specific packages | yum info <packagename> |
apt info <packagename> |
| Install a package | yum install -y <packagename> |
apt-get -y install <packagename> |
| Refresh the local version of upstream repository metadata/cache | yum makecache |
apt-get update |
| Show all applicable updates from upstream repositories | yum check-update |
apt-get upgrade -s (see: man apt-get) |
| Update all packages | yum update -y |
apt-get -y upgrade or apt-get -y dist-upgrade |
| Clear local version of upstream repository metadata/cache | yum clean all |
apt-get clean |
Note: Yum's default cache expiry is 90 mins so makecache is rarely required |
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| List all files in a package from the repository | yum repoquery -l <packagename> |
apt-file list <packagename> |
Note: apt-file is not typically installed by default, it requires apt-get -y install apt-file before use |
For years I worked across a bunch of RISC-based Unix variants and having the Unix Rosetta Stone saved me huge amounts of time and effort.