CLI Package Management Command Examples (by Distribution)

The following is a summary of the commands (and options) that can be used on some, more popular, Linux distributions for finding and installing the packages used by the GigE-V Framework for Linux.

Task	apt (.deb) (Ubuntu/Debian family)	yum (.rpm) (older RedHat family)	dnf (.rpm) (newer RedHat family)	zipper (.rpm) (Suse/openSuse family)
Update package list	apt-get update	yum check-update	dnf check-update	zypper refresh
install from repository	apt-get install pkgname	yum install pkgname	dnf install pkgname	zypper install pkgname
update installed package	apt-get install pkgname	yum update pkgname	dnf update pkgname	zypper update –t package pkgname
remove package	apt-get remove pkgname	yum erase pkgname	dnf erase pkgname	zypper remove pkgname
show package info	apt-cache show pkgname	yum info pkgname	dnf info pkgname	zypper info pkgname
list installed packages	dpkg -l	rpm -qa	rpm -qa	zypper search -is
search for package by name : by pattern :	apt-cache search pkgname apt-cache search pattern	yum list pkgname yum search pattern	dnf list pkgname dnf search pattern	zypper search pkgname zypper search –t pattern pattern
list known repos	cat /etc/apt/sources.list	yum reposlist	dnf repolist	zypper repos
add repository	Add URL to file /etc/apt/sources.list	Add *.repo files to /etc/yum.repos.d	Add *.repo files to /etc/yum.repos.d And/or edit /etc/dnf/dnf.conf	zypper addrepo URL reponame
remove repository	Remove URL from file /etc/apt/sources.list	Remove *.repo files from /etc/yum.repos.d	Remove *.repo files from /etc/yum.repos.d And/or edit /etc/dnf/dnf.conf	zypper removerepo reponame

Usually, if the command line program cannot find the desired package, the graphical program can be used to search using regular expression patterns to find candidates and the package information / descriptions returned can be used to determine which package to install.

Note: Different Linux distributions sometimes call the same packages by different, but similar, names. Some attention is required in order to ensure that the proper package is found and installed.