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 |
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 |
| Upgrade packages |
yum update |
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 |
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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