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[[Category:Package Management]]

Mapping of options of various package management tools.

{| class='wikitable'
! Action !! rpm4/yum !! deb/apt !! rpm5/urpmi
|-
| Check if package is installed 
| rpm -qa <nowiki>|</nowiki> grep ''package_name''
rpm -qi ''package_name''
| dpkg-query -s ''package_name''
dpkg-query -l ''package_name_pattern''

dpkg-query -l ''package_name''
| rpm -qa <nowiki>|</nowiki> grep ''package_name''
rpm -qi ''package_name''
|-
| Check which package <br>provides the file
| rpm -qf ''file_name''
(for installed packages only)

yum whatprovides ''file_name''
| dpkg-query -S ''file_name''
dpkg -S ''file_name''
| rpm -qf ''file_name''
(for installed packages only)

urpmf ''file_name''
|-
| List package content
| rpm -ql ''package_name''
| dpkg -с 
dpkg --contents
| rpm -ql ''package_name''
urpmq -l ''package_name''
|-
| Display information <br>about installed package
| rpm -qi ''package_name''
| dpkg-query -s ''package_name''
dpkg-query -l ''package_name''

dpkg -s ''package_name''

dpkg -l ''package_name''
| rpm -qi ''package_name''
urpmq -i ''package_name''
|-
| Display information about a package <br>not installed in the system
| yum info ''package_name''
| apt-cache showpkg ''package_name''
| urpmq -i ''package_name''
|-
| Display information about <br/downloaded package
| rpm -qip
| dpkg -I
| rpm -qip
|-
| Verify package consistency
|rpm -Va
rpm -V ''package_name''
| debsums -as
debsums ''package_name''
|rpm -Va
rpm -V ''package_name''
|-
| Unpack package content
| rpm2cpio ''package_name'' <nowiki>|</nowiki> cpio -id
| dpkg --extract ''package_name''
| rpm2cpio ''package_name'' <nowiki>|</nowiki> cpio -id
|-
| Install a package <br>(without installing dependencies)
| rpm -ivh ''package_name''
| dpkg -i ./''package_name''
| rpm -ivh ''package_name''
|-
| Uninstall package («low-level»)
| rpm -e ''package_name''
| dpkg -r ''package_name''
dpkg -P ''package_name'' (with all config files)
| rpm -e ''package_name''
|-
| Install package from network <br>(with all dependencies)
| yum install ''package''
| apt-get install ''package''
aptitude install ''package''
| urpmi ''package''
|-
| Uninstall package
| yum remove ''package''
| apt-get remove ''package''
aptitude remove ''package''
| urpme ''package''
|-
| "Soft" system update
| yum update
| apt-get upgrade
aptitude safe-upgrade
| urpmi --auto-update
|-
| Upgrade system to a newer release
| yum upgrade
| apt-get dist-upgrade
aptitude full-upgrade
| urpmi --auto-update
(with [http://wiki.mandriva.com/en/Tools/urpmi/Upgrade new repositories])
|-
| Sync db with repository
| Automatically
| apt-get update
aptitude update
| urpmi.update -a
|-
| Look for a package by its name or file
| yum whatprovides ''query''
| 'apt-cache search' + 'apt-file search'
| 'urpmq -y' + 'urpmf'
|-
| Look for a package using regex or partial name
| yum search ''query''
| apt-cache search ''query''
aptitude search ''query''
| urpmq --list <nowiki>|</nowiki> grep ''query''
urpmq -y ''partial_name''
|-
| Delete unecessary dependencies <br>from the system
| ''not supported''
| apt-get autoremove
| urpme --auto-orphans
|-
| Complete cache cleanup
| yum clean all
| apt-get clean
aptitude clean
| urpmi --clean
|-
| "Clever" cache cleanup (drop not installed packages)
| 
| apt-get autoclean
aptitude autoclean
|}

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