Package installer Rosetta
| Action | Arch | Red Hat/Fedora | Debian/Ubuntu | SLES/openSUSE | Gentoo |
|—|—|—|—|—|
| Install a package(s) | pacman -S | dnf install | apt install | zypper install | emerge [-a] |
| Remove a package(s) | pacman -Rs | dnf remove | apt remove | zypper remove | emerge -C |
| Search for package(s) | pacman -Ss | dnf search | apt search | zypper search | emerge -S |
| Upgrade Packages | pacman -Syu | dnf upgrade | apt update; apt upgrade | zypper update | emerge -u world |
APT-GET – DEBIAN / UBUNTU
| Commad |
Explanation |
| sudo apt-get update |
update repository database |
| sudo apt-get upgrade |
update system |
| sudo apt-get install aPackage |
install ‘aPackage’ |
| sudo apt-get remove aPackage |
uninstall ‘aPackage’ |
| sudo apt-cache search aPackage |
search for ‘aPackage’ |
| sudo apt-cache show aPackage |
show ‘aPackage’ info |
PACMAN – ARCH / MANJARO
| Commad |
Explanation |
| sudo pacman -Syu |
update the repository database and update the system |
| sudo pacman -S aPackage |
install ‘aPackage’ |
| sudo pacman -R aPackage |
uninstall ‘aPackage’ |
| sudo pacman -Rs aPackage |
uninstall ‘aPackage’ and the dependancies which are now useless to the system |
| sudo pacman -Ss aPackage |
search for ‘aPackage’ |
| sudo pacman -Sw aPackage |
donwload ‘aPackage’, but don’t install it |
| sudo pacman -U /path/aPackage.pkg.tar.gz |
uninstall ‘aPackage’ from a local path |
| sudo pacman -Q |
shows all the installed packages on the system |
| sudo pacman -Scc |
deletes every package stored in the pacman cache (/var/cache/pacman/pkg) |
ZYPPER – OPENSUSE
| Commad |
Explanation |
| sudo zypper update |
update the repository database and update the system |
| sudo zypper in aPackage |
install ‘aPackage’ |
| sudo zypper rm aPackage |
uninstall ‘aPackage’ |
