Linux package manager cheat sheet
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> |