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When you have several Linux boxes or help several people administer theirs, you often have to deal with different distributions and their package managers, too. This table is a cheat sheet to answer the frequent question "how do you do that under that distribution again?".
| Action | Redhat, SuSE, Mandriva | Ubuntu | Arch | Gentoo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Install package | rpm -i <package file> | aptitude install <package> | pacman -S <package> | emerge <package> |
| Uninstall package | rpm -e <package> | aptitude remove <package> | pacman -R <package> | emerge --depclean <package> |
| Show package description | rpm -qi <package> | aptitude show <package> | pacman -S -i <package> | (emerge -s <package>) |
| Search for a package | ? | aptitude search <string> | pacman -S -s <string> | emerge -s <string> |
| List installed packages | rpm -qa | dpkg -l -a | pacman -Q -s '.*' | equery list \* |
| Find package containing file | rpm -qf <file> | dpkg -S <file> | pacman -Q -o <file> | equery belongs <file> |
| List files in package | rpm -ql <package> | dpkg -L <package> | pacman -Q -l <package> | equery files <package> |
For a more extensive one-to-one comparison of package manager options, see the
"Pacman Rosetta" at the
arch linux distribution wiki.