Below is a table of equivalent commands for package management on both Ubuntu/Debian and Red Hat/Fedora systems.
Task |
Red Hat/Fedora |
Ubuntu |
Adding, Removing and Upgrading Packages |
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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.rpm rpm -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 upgrade apt-get -s dist-upgrade |
Upgrade packages |
yum update rpm -Uvh [args] |
apt-get upgrade |
Upgrade the entire system |
yum upgrade |
apt-get dist-upgrade |
Package Information |
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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 installed rpm -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 |
dpkg-query --show -f '${Conffiles}\n'package_name |
Show the packages a given package depends on |
rpm -qR package_name |
apt-cache depends |
Show other packages that depend on a |
rpm -q -whatrequires [args] |
apt-cache rdepends |
Package File Information |
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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 |
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Show stats about the package cache |
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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 |
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apt-get autoclean |
Remove header files from the local cache directory |
yum clean headers |
apt-file purge |
General Packaging System Information |
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Package file extension |
*.rpm |
*.deb |
Repository location configuration |
/etc/yum.conf |
/etc/apt/sources.list
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