Package Management

This site is a reference for common package managers.

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Packages are software applications that resides in archives. A package manager is a tool that automates the process of installing, updating, upgrading and removing packages.

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Common Package Management Operations

Commands for Common Package Management across Distributions

Intended Action	RPM (Redhat, SUSE, Mandriva)	Aptitude (Debian and derivatives)	Pacman (Arch)	Emerge (Gentoo)
Installing a package	`rpm -i` <package file>	`aptitude install` <package>	`pacman -S` <package>	`emerge` <package>
Uninstalling a package	`rpm -e` <package>	`aptitude remove` <package>	`pacman -R` <package>	`emerge --depclean` <package>
Searching for a package	N/A	`aptitude search` <string>	`pacman -S -s` <string>	`emerge -s` <string>
Listing installed packages	`rpm -qa`	`dpkg -l -a`	`pacman -Q -s '.*'`	`equery list \*`
Listing files in package	`rpm -ql` <package>	`dpkg -L` <package>	`pacman -Q -l` <package>	`equery files` <package>
Finding package containing file	`rpm -qf` <file>	`dpkg -S` <file>	`pacman -Q -o` <file>	`equery belongs` <file>
Showing package description	`rpm -qi` <package>	`aptitude show` <package>	`pacman -S -i` <package>	`emerge -s` <package>

Yum

Yum Package Manager

The Yellowdog Updater, Modified (YUM) package manager is a package manager for Linux operating systems.

Command	Description
`yum list updates`	Display list of updated software and security fixes

Pacman

Flags are case-sensitive with pacman: -S is not the same as -s

Command	Description
`pacman -Syu pkg`	Install pkg and update the package list

Apt

Advanced Package Tool

Command	Description
`apt-get install pkg`	Install pkg

Aptitude

Command	Description
`aptitude install pkg`	Install pkg

RPM

Redhat Package Manager

Not only used for Red Hat Linux

Command	Description
`rpm -i pkg`	Installs pkg

DNF

Dandified YUM

Command	Description
`dnf install pkg`	Install pkg

Zypper

Command	Description
`zypper install pkg`	Install pkg

NPM

Node Package Manager

Command	Description
`npm install pkg`	Install pkg

pip

Command	Description
`pip install pkg`	Install pkg

Common Package Management Operations: See original work here.