Linux Packaging

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Equivalent commands in different gnu/linux package management systems.

Debian	Red Hat	Description
dpkg -Gi packages.deb	rpm -Uvh packages.rpm	Install/Upgrade package file(s)
dpkg -r package	rpm -e package	Remove Package
dpkg -l '*spell*'	rpm -qa '*spell*'	show all packages whose names contain the word spell
dpkg -l package	rpm -q package	show version of package installed
dpkg -s package	rpm -q -i package	show all package metadata
dpkg -S /path/file	rpm -q -f /path/file	what package does file belong to
dpkg -L package	rpm -q -l package	list files owned by package
dpkg -c package.deb	rpm -q -l -p package.rpm	List contents of package
apt-cache depends package	rpm -q --requires package	List package dependencies
apt-cache rdepends	rpm -q --whatrequires p	List reverse dependencies
Debian	Red Hat	Description

Debian¹	Red Hat	Description
apt-get dist-upgrade	yum update [package list]	upgrade specified packages (or all installed packages if none specified)
apt-get install <package list>	yum install <package list>	install latest version of package(s)
apt-get remove <package list>	yum remove <package list>	remove specified packages from system
apt-cache list [package list]	yum list [package list]	list available packages from repositories

http://rpmfind.net/
http://rpm.pbone.net/
http://packages.ubuntu.com/
http://freshrpms.net/
http://rpm.livna.org/
http://dag.wieers.com/home-made/apt/mega-merge.php
http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/extras/