LinuxBSDPackageManagementTips

Linux, BSD and Solaris Package Management Tips

This page is my cheatsheet for management packages. The commands to accomplish the same function (more or less) are provided for each of rpm (Red Hat), dpkg or apt-* (Debian), pkg_* (FreeBSD) and pkg* (Solaris). This page is a sort of rosetta stone for sysadmins who need to cross over to other Unix/Linux operating systems.

Function	Red Hat et al.	Debian et al.	FreeBSD	Solaris/SunOS
List installed	rpm -qa	dpkg -l	pkg_info	?
Install pkg	rpm -i _pkgfile_	dpkg -i _pkgfile_	pkg_add _pkgfile_	pkgadd -d _pkgfile_
Remove pkg	rpm -e _pkgname_	apt-get remove _pkgname_	pkg_delete _pkgname-version_	pkgrm _pkgname_
Show pkg info	rpm -qi _pkgname_	dpkg -I _pkgname_	pkg_info -I _pkgname-version_	pkginfo -l _pkgname_
Show pkg file info	rpm -qpi _pkgfile_	dpkg -I _pkgfile_	pkg_info -I _pkgfile_	?
Show files contained in pkg	rpm -ql _pkgname_	dpkg -X _pkgfile_	pkg_info -L _pkgname-version_	?
Show pkg deps	rpm -qR _pkgname_	apt-cache showpkg _pkgname_	pkg_info -rR _pkgname-version_	?
Show pkg providing file	rpm --whatprovides -q _/path/to/file_	"apt-file search _pkgfile_" to search all pkgs (installed or not) "dlocate _pkgfile_" or "dpkg -S _pkgfile_" to search only installed pkgs	pkg_info -W _/path/to/file_	?
Set _something_ to start at boot	chkconfig --add _something_; chkconfig _something_ on	update-rc.d _something_ default	/usr/local/etc/rc.d/_something.sh_; add _something_enable="YES" in /etc/rc.conf	?
Upgrade all installed packages	yum update -or- up2date -u	apt-get update; apt-get upgrade	portupgrade -aRr -or- portmaster -ia	?

See Also

• http://nakedape.cc/wiki/PackageManagerCheatsheet
• http://sial.org/howto/rpm/
• http://unixhacks.blogspot.com/2006/03/unix-linux-install-command-list-and.html
• http://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=package-management