Differences between RedHat and Debian

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Current revision as of 08:18, 17 April 2015

The following is the summary of different ways of doing similar tasks in RedHat and Debian.

Task	RedHat	Debian
Version	/etc/redhat-release	/etc/debian_release, lsb_release -a
Package GUI	KPackageKit, yumex	Synaptic Package Manager
Package management	rpm	dpkg
Dependency Resolution	yum, yumex(gui)	apt-*, aptitude
List packages	rpm -qa, yum list	dpkg -l, dpkg --get-selections
List packages in repositories	yum list installed package*, yum list available	sort -k1 \| grep ^package
Which package a file belong to?	rpm -qf filepath	dpkg -S filepath
Package installation from an available package file	rpm -ivh packagefile.rpm	dpkg -i packagefile.deb
Remove package	rpm -e packagename	dpkg -r packagename
Package Search	yum search ssh	sort -k1 \| grep ^qt
Package installation	yum install openssh	aptitude install openssh
Package Removal	yum remove openssh	aptitude remove openssh , aptget remove openssh, apt-get purge openssh
Interface configuration	/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/*	/etc/network/interfaces
Network service	/etc/init.d/network restart	/etc/init.d/networking restart
Service Start/stop	service servicename start,stop,restart	invoke-rc.d servicename start,stop,restart
Service add/remove	chkconfig	update-rc.d
Apache Configuration	/etc/httpd/*	/etc/apache2/*
Apache Log files	/var/log/httpd/*	/var/log/apache2/*
Apache Default Document Root	/var/www/html	/var/www/www-data
xinetd	/etc/xinetd.d/*	/etc/inetd.conf
xinetd	service xinetd restart	update-inetd (options)
DNS config file	/etc/named.conf	/etc/bind/named.conf
DNS service file	/etc/init.d/named	/etc/init.d/bind9

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 | Version
 | /etc/redhat-release
-| /etc/debian_release
+| /etc/debian_release, lsb_release -a
 |-
 | Package GUI
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 | /etc/init.d/bind9
 |}
+Also check: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SwitchingToUbuntu/FromLinux/RedHatEnterpriseLinuxAndFedora