RedHat vs Ubuntu – Useful Package Commands
| Task | Red Hat/Fedora | Ubuntu |
| 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 dist-upgrade |
| Upgrade the entire system | yum upgrade | apt-get dist-upgrade |
| Get information about an available package | yum search package_name | apt-cache show 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 an installed package | yum info package_name 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 | – |
| List configuration files in an installed package | rpm -qc package_name | – |
| Show the packages a given package depends on | rpm -qR package_name | apt-cache depends package_name |
| Show other packages that depend on a given package (reverse dependency) | rpm -q -whatrequires [args] | apt-cache rdepends package_name |
| Find packages with substring in name | yum list “*substring*” | – |
| 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 | – |
| List configuration files in a package file | rpm -qpc package.rpm | – |
| Extract files in a package | 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 |
| Show stats about the package cache | – | 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 | – | apt-get autoclean |
| Remove header files from the local cache directory (forcing a new download of same on next use) | yum clean headers | apt-file purge |
| Repository location configuration | /etc/yum.conf | /etc/apt/sources.list |
| Starting/stopping services immediately | service httpd start | /etc/init.d/apache start service apache start |
| Enabling a service at boot | chkconfig httpd on | update-rc.d apache defaults sysv-rc-conf apache on |
| Disabling a service at boot | chkconfig httpd off | update-rc.d apache purge sysv-rc-conf apache off |