{"id":111,"date":"2022-07-15T14:08:24","date_gmt":"2022-07-15T14:08:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brainlessideas.com\/?p=111"},"modified":"2022-07-15T14:20:00","modified_gmt":"2022-07-15T14:20:00","slug":"linux-update-cheatsheet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brainlessideas.com\/index.php\/2022\/07\/15\/linux-update-cheatsheet\/","title":{"rendered":"Linux Update Cheatsheet"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

DistroWatch offers a very nice cheatsheet on what basic commands the different flavors of linux use.  We’re talking the apt-get\/yum\/zypper stuff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Source: DistroWatch.com: Put the fun back into computing. Use Linux, BSD.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

The first table lists package management tasks in the four most popular distribution groups – Debian<\/a> (including Ubuntu<\/a>, Linux Mint<\/a>, KNOPPIX<\/a>, sidux<\/a> and other Debian derivatives), openSUSE<\/a>, Fedora<\/a> (including Red Hat<\/a> Enterprise Linux, CentOS<\/a>, Scientific<\/a> Linux and other Fedora-based distributions), and Mandriva<\/a> Linux.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Task<\/th>\napt (deb)
Debian, Ubuntu<\/th>\n		zypp (rpm)
openSUSE<\/th>\n		yum (rpm)
Fedora, CentOS<\/th>\n		urpmi (rpm)
Mandriva<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Managing software<\/b><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Install new software from package repository<\/td>\napt-get install pkg<\/i><\/td>\nzypper install pkg<\/i><\/td>\nyum install pkg<\/i><\/td>\nurpmi pkg<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Install new software from package file<\/td>\ndpkg -i pkg<\/i><\/td>\nzypper install pkg<\/i><\/td>\nyum localinstall pkg<\/i><\/td>\nurpmi pkg<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Update existing software<\/td>\napt-get install pkg<\/i><\/td>\nzypper update -t package pkg<\/i><\/td>\nyum update pkg<\/i><\/td>\nurpmi pkg<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Remove unwanted software<\/td>\napt-get remove pkg<\/i><\/td>\nzypper remove pkg<\/i><\/td>\nyum erase pkg<\/i><\/td>\nurpme pkg<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Updating the system<\/b><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Update package list<\/td>\napt-get update<\/td>\nzypper refresh<\/td>\nyum check-update<\/td>\nurpmi.update -a<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Update system<\/td>\napt-get upgrade<\/td>\nzypper update<\/td>\nyum update<\/td>\nurpmi –auto-select<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Searching for packages<\/b><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Search by package name<\/td>\napt-cache search pkg<\/i><\/td>\nzypper search pkg<\/i><\/td>\nyum list pkg<\/i><\/td>\nurpmq pkg<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Search by pattern<\/td>\napt-cache search pattern<\/i><\/td>\nzypper search -t pattern pattern<\/i><\/td>\nyum search pattern<\/i><\/td>\nurpmq –fuzzy pkg<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Search by file name<\/td>\napt-file search path<\/i><\/td>\nzypper wp file<\/i><\/td>\nyum provides file<\/i><\/td>\nurpmf file<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
List installed packages<\/td>\ndpkg -l<\/td>\nzypper search -is<\/td>\nrpm -qa<\/td>\nrpm -qa<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Configuring access to software repositories<\/b><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
List repositories<\/td>\ncat \/etc\/apt\/sources.list<\/td>\nzypper repos<\/td>\nyum repolist<\/td>\nurpmq –list-media<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Add repository<\/td>\n(edit \/etc\/apt\/sources.list)<\/td>\nzypper addrepo path<\/i> name<\/i><\/td>\n(add repo<\/i> to \/etc\/yum.repos.d\/)<\/td>\nurpmi.addmedia name<\/i> path<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Remove repository<\/td>\n(edit \/etc\/apt\/sources.list)<\/td>\nzypper removerepo name<\/i><\/td>\n(remove repo<\/i> from \/etc\/yum.repos.d\/)<\/td>\nurpmi.removemedia media<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

The second table lists package management utilities found in Slackware<\/a> Linux and other Slackware-based distributions. As stated by Patrick Volkerding on several occasions, Slackware is unlikely to ever have any advanced (i.e. dependency-resolving) package management tool, so all installation, upgrade and removal tasks continue to be performed with pkgtools<\/i>, a set of very simple scripts that haven’t changed much in years. Nevertheless, Slackware’s unsupported extra repository<\/a> (available also on the installation DVD) does include slackpk<\/i>g, a third-party package management tool that can be used for a more automated way of installing software on Slackware Linux. It’s worth noting that some popular Slackware derivatives, such as VectorLinux<\/a>, have standardised on slapt-get<\/i>, another third-party utility imitating the behaviour of Debian’s APT.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Task<\/th>\npkgtools
Slackware<\/th>\n		slackpkg
Slackware<\/th>\n		slapt-get
Vector<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Managing software<\/b><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Install new software from package repository<\/td>\n—<\/td>\nslackpkg install pkg<\/i><\/td>\nslapt-get –install pkg<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Install new software from package file<\/td>\ninstallpkg pkg<\/i><\/td>\nslackpkg install pkg<\/i><\/td>\nslapt-get –install pkg<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Update existing software<\/td>\nupgradepkg pkg<\/i><\/td>\nslackpkg install pkg<\/i><\/td>\nslapt-get –install pkg<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Remove unwanted software<\/td>\nremovepkg pkg<\/i><\/td>\nslackpkg remove pkg<\/i><\/td>\nslapt-get –remove pkg<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Updating the system<\/b><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Update package list<\/td>\n—<\/td>\nslackpkg update<\/td>\nslapt-get –update<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Update system<\/td>\n—<\/td>\nslackpkg upgrade-all<\/td>\nslapt-get –upgrade<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Searching for packages<\/b><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Search by package name<\/td>\n—<\/td>\nslackpkg search pkg<\/i><\/td>\nslapt-get –search pkg<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Search by pattern<\/td>\n—<\/td>\nslackpkg search pattern<\/i><\/td>\nslapt-get –search pattern<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Search by file name<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
List installed packages<\/td>\nls \/var\/log\/packages\/<\/td>\nls \/var\/log\/packages\/<\/td>\nslapt-get –installed<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Configuring access to software repositories<\/b><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
List repositories<\/td>\n—<\/td>\ncat \/etc\/slackpkg\/mirrors<\/td>\ncat \/etc\/slapt-get\/slapt-getrc<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Add repository<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n(edit \/etc\/slackpkg\/mirrors)<\/td>\n(edit \/etc\/slapt-get\/slapt-getrc)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Remove repository<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n(edit \/etc\/slackpkg\/mirrors)<\/td>\n(edit \/etc\/slapt-get\/slapt-getrc)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

In the next group we have a few (mostly) independent distributions that have been gaining popularity in recent years. Sabayon<\/a> Linux, although derived from Gentoo, has introduced its own command-line package management utility called equo<\/i>. Arch<\/a> Linux’s Pacman<\/i> has been around for a long time and it’s often considered one of the fastest package management utilities around. Conary<\/i>, developed by rPath<\/a> and popularised by Foresight<\/a> Linux, is a completely new approach to package management, created by well-known ex-Red Hat engineers with many years of package management experience. In contrast, PiSi<\/i> by Pardus<\/a> Linux is a relatively new utility, but the distribution itself has been growing fast in the last couple of years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Task<\/th>\nequo
Sabayon<\/th>\n		pacman
Arch<\/th>\n		conary
rPath, Foresight<\/th>\n		pisi
Pardus<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Managing software<\/b><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Install new software from package repository<\/td>\nequo install pkg<\/i><\/td>\npacman -S pkg<\/i><\/td>\nconary update pkg<\/i><\/td>\npisi install pkg<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Install new software from package file<\/td>\nequo install pkg<\/i><\/td>\npacman -U pkg<\/i><\/td>\nconary update pkg<\/i><\/td>\npisi install pkg<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Update existing software<\/td>\nequo install pkg<\/i><\/td>\npacman -S pkg<\/i><\/td>\nconary update pkg<\/i><\/td>\npisi install pkg<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Remove unwanted software<\/td>\nequo remove pkg<\/i><\/td>\npacman -R pkg<\/i><\/td>\nconary erase pkg<\/i><\/td>\npisi remove pkg<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Updating the system<\/b><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Update package list<\/td>\nequo update<\/td>\npacman -Sy<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\npisi update-repo<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Update system<\/td>\nequo world<\/td>\npacman -Su<\/td>\nconary updateall<\/td>\npisi upgrade<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Searching for packages<\/b><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Search by package name<\/td>\nequo match pkg<\/i><\/td>\npacman -Ss pkg<\/i><\/td>\nconary query pkg<\/i><\/td>\npisi search pkg<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Search by pattern<\/td>\nequo search pattern<\/i><\/td>\npacman -Ss pattern<\/i><\/td>\nconary query pkg<\/i><\/td>\npisi search pkg<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Search by file name<\/td>\nequo belongs file<\/i><\/td>\npacman -Qo file<\/i><\/td>\nconary query –path path<\/i><\/td>\npisi search-file path<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
List installed packages<\/td>\nequo list<\/td>\npacman -Q<\/td>\nconary query<\/td>\npisi list-installed<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Configuring access to software repositories<\/b><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
List repositories<\/td>\nequo repoinfo<\/td>\ncat \/etc\/pacman.conf<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\npisi list-repo<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Add repository<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n(edit \/etc\/pacman.conf)<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\npisi add-repo name<\/i> path<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Remove repository<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n(edit \/etc\/pacman.conf)<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\npisi remove-repo name<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Besides standard package management utilities that most distributions use as part of their systems, there are also some distro-agnostic ones that have been deployed with various levels of success in certain distributions. Smart<\/i>, originally developed by Conectiva, hasn’t been in the news lately, but some users seem to prefer it over Mandriva’s urpmi<\/i> or openSUSE’s zypper<\/i> (it also supports Debian and Slackware-based systems). More recently it is Fedora’s PackageKit that has been gaining momentum as a way to manage packages across distributions and architectures. Now included in many other distributions, PackageKit’s pkgcon<\/i> command-line utility is effectively a unified front-end to the native package management tools of Fedora, Ubuntu, openSUSE, Mandriva and other distributions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Task<\/th>\nsmart
Mandriva, openSUSE<\/th>\n		pkgcon
Fedora, Ubuntu, openSUSE, Mandriva<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Managing software<\/b><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Install new software from package repository<\/td>\nsmart install pkg<\/i><\/td>\npkcon install pkg<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Install new software from package file<\/td>\nsmart install pkg<\/i><\/td>\npkcon install-file pkg<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Update existing software<\/td>\nsmart install pkg<\/i><\/td>\npkcon update pkg<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Remove unwanted software<\/td>\nsmart remove pkg<\/i><\/td>\npkcon remove pkg<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Updating the system<\/b><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Update package list<\/td>\nsmart update<\/td>\npkcon refresh<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Update system<\/td>\nsmart upgrade<\/td>\npkcon upgrade<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Searching for packages<\/b><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Search by package name<\/td>\nsmart search pkg<\/i><\/td>\npkcon search name pkg<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Search by pattern<\/td>\nsmart search pattern<\/i><\/td>\npkcon search details pattern<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Search by file name<\/td>\nsmart query file<\/i><\/td>\npkcon what-provides file<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
List installed packages<\/td>\nsmart query –installed<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Configuring access to software repositories<\/b><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
List repositories<\/td>\nsmart channel –show<\/td>\npkcon repo-list<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Add repository<\/td>\nsmart channel –add name<\/i> path<\/i><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Remove repository<\/td>\nsmart channel –remove name<\/i><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Finally, a table for source-based distributions. Gentoo<\/a>‘s Portage is well-documented and widely used, but other distributions that are designed to be built from scratch don’t often feature in the Linux media, so their package management systems are not particularly well-known. Sorcerer<\/a>, which existed even before Gentoo Linux was conceived, uses Bash scripts to “cast spells” or download, install and compile packages. Sorcerer was later forked into Lunar<\/a> Linux and Source Mage<\/a> GNU\/Linux, both of which are included in the table below. Unfortunately, Sorcerer doesn’t offer much in terms of online documentation so it has been omitted for now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Task<\/th>\nportage
Gentoo<\/th>\n		lunar
Lunar<\/th>\n		sorcery
Source Mage<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Managing software<\/b><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Install new software from package repository<\/td>\nemerge pkg<\/i><\/td>\nlin pkg<\/i><\/td>\ncast pkg<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Install new software from package file<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Update existing software<\/td>\nemerge pkg<\/i><\/td>\nlin pkg<\/i><\/td>\ncast pkg<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Remove unwanted software<\/td>\nemerge -aC pkg<\/i><\/td>\nlrm pkg<\/i><\/td>\ndispel pkg<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Updating the system<\/b><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Update package list<\/td>\nemerge –sync<\/td>\nlin moonbase<\/td>\nscribe update<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Update system<\/td>\nemerge -NuDa world<\/td>\nlunar update<\/td>\nsorcery upgrade<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Searching for packages<\/b><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Search by package name<\/td>\nemerge –search pkg<\/i><\/td>\nlvu search pkg<\/i><\/td>\ngaze search -name pkg<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Search by pattern<\/td>\nemerge –search pattern<\/i><\/td>\nlvu search pattern<\/i><\/td>\ngaze search pattern<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Search by file name<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\ngaze from file<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
List installed packages<\/td>\nqlist -I<\/td>\nlvu installed<\/td>\ngaze installed<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Configuring access to software repositories<\/b><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
List repositories<\/td>\nlayman -L<\/td>\n—<\/td>\nscribe index<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Add repository<\/td>\nlayman -a repo<\/i><\/td>\n—<\/td>\nscribe add repo<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Remove repository<\/td>\nlayman -d repo<\/i><\/td>\n—<\/td>\nscribe remove repo<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n

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DistroWatch offers a very nice cheatsheet on what basic commands the different flavors of linux use.  We’re talking the apt-get\/yum\/zypper stuff.<\/p>\n

Source: DistroWatch.com: Put the fun back into computing. Use Linux, BSD.<\/p>\n

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