Basic operations Action Arch Red Hat/Fedora Debian/Ubuntu SLES/openSUSE Gentoo zypper install or emerge [- Install a package(s) by name pacman -S dnf install apt install zypper in a] zypper remove or Remove a package(s) by name pacman -Rs dnf remove apt remove emerge -vc zypper rm Search for package(s) by searching the expression in name, description, short zypper search or description. What exact fields are being pacman -Ss dnf search apt search emerge -S zypper se [-s] searched by default varies in each tool. Mostly options bring tools on par. Upgrade Packages - Install packages which have apt update and zypper update or emerge - pacman -Syu dnf upgrade an older version already installed then apt upgrade zypper up uDN @world Upgrade Packages - Another form of the update command, which can perform more complex updates -- like distribution upgrades. When the apt update and dnf distro- emerge - usual update command will omit package pacman -Syu then apt dist- zypper dup sync uDN @world updates, which include changes in upgrade dependencies, this command can perform those updates. Clean up all local caches. Options might limit pacman -Sc dnf clean apt autoclean eclean what is actually cleaned. autoclean removes or pacman - zypper clean all or apt clean distfiles only unneeded, obsolete information. Scc pacman - Remove dependencies that are no longer Qdtq | dnf emerge -- needed, because e.g. the package which apt autoremove zypper rm -u pacman -Rs autoremove depclean needed the dependencies was removed. - 1 pacman -Qmq dnf Remove packages no longer included in any aptitude purge | pacman - repoquery -- repositories. '~o' Rs - extras pacman -D Mark a package previously installed as a dnf mark apt-mark emerge -- -- dependency as explicitly required. install manual select asexplicit dnf install Install package(s) as dependency / without pacman -S and then dnf apt-mark auto emerge -1 marking as explicitly required. --asdeps mark remove apt install -- download-only Only downloads the given package(s) without (into the package zypper -- emerge -- pacman -Sw dnf download unpacking or installing them cache) or apt download-only fetchonly download (bypass the package cache) Start a shell to enter multiple commands in one apt-config zypper shell session shell read read see Show a log of actions taken by the software read /var/log/ /var/log/pa dnf history /var/log/zypp/hi /var/log/p management. dpkg.log cman.log story ortage Get a dump of the whole system information - Prints, Saves or similar the current state of the see see package management system. Preferred output apt-cache emerge -- /var/lib/pa /var/lib/rpm is text or XML. (Note: Why either-or here? No stats info cman/local /Packages tool offers the option to choose the output format.) apt install e-mail delivery of package changes apt- listchanges 2 Querying specific packages Action Arch Red Hat/Fedora Debian/Ubuntu SLES/openSUSE Gentoo Show all or most information about a pacman - apt show or emerge -S, package. The tools' verbosity for the Si or zypper info or dnf list or dnf info apt-cache emerge -pv or default command vary. But with options, pacman - zypper if policy eix the tools are on par with each other. Qi Display local package information: Name, pacman - rpm -qi / dnf info dpkg -s or zypper info or rpm emerge -pv or version, description, etc. Qi installed aptitude show -qi emerge -S emerge -pv apt-cache Display remote package information: pacman - and emerge -S dnf info show or zypper info Name, version, description, etc. Si or equery aptitude show meta pacman - equery files Display files provided by local package rpm -ql dpkg -L rpm -Ql Ql or qlist dnf repoquery -l or pacman - Display files provided by a remote package repoquery -l (from apt-file list pfl Fl package yum-utils) rpm -qf (installed only) or equery pacman - dnf provides (everything) dpkg -S or Query the package which provides FILE zypper search -f belongs or Qo or repoquery -f (from dlocate qfile package yum-utils) pacman - List the files that the package holds. Again, Ql or equery files this functionality can be mimicked by dnf repoquery -l dpkg-query -L rpm -ql pacman - or qlist other more complex commands. Fl Displays packages which provide the given pacman -F dnf provides apt-file zypper what- equery exp. aka reverse provides. Mainly a search provides or zypper belongs (only shortcut to search a specific field. Other wp installed packages) 3 tools might offer this functionality through or pfl the search command. Search all packages to find the one which equery apt-file holds the specified file. auto-apt is using pacman -F dnf provides zypper search -f belongs or search this functionality. qfile pacman - apt-get rpm -q -- equery Show the changelog of a package rpm -q --changelog Qc changelog changelog changes -f 4 Querying package lists Action Arch Red Hat/Fedora Debian/Ubuntu SLES/openSUSE Gentoo Search for package(s) by searching the expression in name, description, short description. pacman zypper search or What exact fields are being dnf search apt search emerge -S or eix -Ss zypper se -s searched by default varies in each tool. Mostly options bring tools on par. Lists packages which have an update available. Note: Some dnf list apt-get upgrade zypper list-updates pacman provide special commands to limit updates or dnf (press n to only see the or zypper patch-check emerge -uDNp @world -Qu the output to certain installation check-update list) (just for patches) sources, others use options. Display a list of all packages in all installation sources that are apt-cache handled by the packages dumpavail or apt- pacman dnf list portageq management. Some tools provide cache dump (Cache zypper packages -Sl available all_best_visible / options or additional commands only) or apt-cache to limit the output to a specific pkgnames installation source. Generates a list of installed pacman dnf list dpkg --list | zypper search -- qlist -IC packages -Q installed grep ^i installed-only List packages that are installed pacman zypper se -si | grep but are not available in any dnf list extras deborphan eix-test-obsolete -Qm 'System Packages' installation source (anymore). List packages that were recently dnf list recent aptitude search eix-diff 5 added to one of the installation '~N' or aptitude sources, i.e. which are new to it. forget-new List installed local packages along pacman zypper search -s or rpm -qa dpkg -l qlist -ICv with version -Q rpm -qa aptitude search Search locally installed package pacman rpm -qa '~i(~n $name|~d eix -S -I for names or descriptions -Qs '*<str>*' $description)' List packages not required by any pacman dnf leaves deborphan -anp1 emerge -pc other package -Qt emerge -pvO List packages installed explicitly pacman dnf history apt-mark @selected or eix -- (not as dependencies) -Qe userinstalled showmanual selected List packages installed pacman apt-mark showauto automatically (as dependencies)}} -Qd 6 Querying package dependencies Action Arch Red Hat/Fedora Debian/Ubuntu SLES/openSUSE Gentoo dnf repoquery --alldeps Display packages which require X apt-cache rdepends or pacman - --whatrequires or zypper search emerge - to be installed, aka show reverse aptitude search Sii repoquery -- --requires pvc dependencies. ~D$pattern whatrequires Display packages which conflict with given expression (often dnf repoquery -- aptitude search package). Search can be used as conflicts '~C$pattern' well to mimic this function. pacman - List all packages which are required Si or dnf repoquery -- apt-cache depends or zypper info for the given package, aka show emerge -ep pacman - requires or repoquery -R apt-cache show --requires dependencies. Qi equery List what the current package zypper info dnf provides dpkg -s or aptitude show files or provides --provides qlist aptitude search List all packages that require a dnf repoquery --alldeps ~D{depends,recommends, zypper search equery particular package --whatrequires suggests}:$pattern or --requires depends -a aptitude why Display all packages that the dnf list obsoletes apt-cache show specified packages obsoletes. Generates an output suitable for processing with dotty for the given apt-cache dotty package(s). 7 Installation sources management Action Arch Red Hat/Fedora Debian/Ubuntu SLES/openSUSE Gentoo edit edit edit edit /etc/zypp/ Installation sources layman or eselect /etc/pacman.c /etc/yum.repos.d /etc/apt/sources. repos.d/$ management repository onf /${REPO}.repo list {REPO}.repo Add an installation source to the system. Some tools provide additional commands for certain sources, others allow all types of source URI for the add edit /etc/ zypper command. Again others, like apt /etc/pacman.c yum.repos.d/ apt-cdrom add layman or overlays service-add and dnf force editing a sources onf *.repo list. apt-cdrom is a special command, which offers special options design for CDs/DVDs as source. Refresh the information about pacman -Sy dnf clean zypper the specified installation (always upgrade expire-cache and emerge --sync or apt-get update refresh or source(s) or all installation the whole system then dnf check- layman -S zypper ref sources. afterwards) update Prints a list of all installation cat cat zypper layman -l or eselect sources including important /etc/pacman.d /etc/yum.repos.d apt-cache policy service-list repository list information like URI, alias etc. /mirrorlist /* List all packages from a certain paclist eix --in-overlay repo <repo> Disable an installation source dnf -- emerge for an operation disablerepo= package::repo-to-use Download packages