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Ubuntu / debian:

aptitute / dpkg

Suse / Opensuse:

zypper / rpm

Redhat / CentOS:

yum / rpm

Gentoo:

emerge

What is the name of a package, required dependency

yum whatprovides libstdc++.so.5
zypper what-provides libstdc++.so.5

For listing repositories:

yum repolist

To add a repository: add the appropriate “repo” entry to /etc/yum.repos.d

To remove a repository: remove the appropriate “repo” entry from etc/yum.repos.d

To check dependencies of a package

yum deplist package_name

To find what rpm package a file belongs to:

rpm -qf /full/path/to/filename

To check consistency of installed packages:

rpm -Va --nofiles --nodigest

To remove a “broken” package:

rpm -e -vv --allmatches --nodeps --noscripts --notriggers package_name

Force package install without dependency:

rpm --nodeps -Uhv <package.rpm>

Syntax Description Example

dpkg -i {.deb package} 	Install the package 	dpkg -i zip_2.31-3_i386.deb
dpkg -i {.deb package} 	Upgrade package if it is installed else install a fresh copy of package 	dpkg -i zip_2.31-3_i386.deb
dpkg -R {Directory-name} 	Install all packages recursively from directory 	
dpkg -R /tmp/downloads
dpkg -r {package} 	Remove/Delete an installed package except configuration files 	dpkg -r zip
dpkg -P {package} 	Remove/Delete everything including configuration files 	dpkg -P apache-perl
dpkg -l 	List all installed packages, along with package version and short description 	dpkg -l
dpkg -l | less
dpkg -l '*apache*'
dpkg -l | grep -i 'sudo'
dpkg -l {package} 	List individual installed packages, along with package version and short description 	dpkg -l apache-perl
dpkg -L {package} 	Find out files are provided by the installed package i.e. list where files were installed 	dpkg -L apache-perl
dpkg -L perl
dpkg -c {.Deb package} 	List files provided (or owned) by the package i.e. List all files inside debian .deb package file, very useful to find where files would be installed 	
dpkg -c dc_1.06-19_i386.deb
dpkg -S {/path/to/file} 	Find what package owns the file i.e. find out what package does file belong 	dpkg -S /bin/netstat
dpkg -S /sbin/ippool
dpkg -p {package} 	Display details about package package group, version, maintainer, Architecture, display depends packages, description etc 	dpkg -p lsof
dpkg -s {package} | grep Status 	Find out if Debian package is installed or not (status) 	   
dpkg -s lsof | grep Status