Package Manager Options

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Mapping of options of various package management tools.

Action	rpm4/yum	deb/apt	rpm5/urpmi
Check if package is installed	rpm -qa | 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 | grep package_name rpm -qi package_name
Check which package 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 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 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 | cpio -id	dpkg --extract package_name	rpm2cpio package_name | cpio -id
Install a package (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 (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 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 | grep query urpmq -y partial_name
Delete unecessary dependencies 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