Differences between RedHat and Debian

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Revision as of 10:04, 21 March 2011

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

Task	RedHat	Debian
Package GUI	KPackageKit, yumex	Synaptic Package Manager
Package management	rpm, yum, yumex(GUI)	dpkg, apt-*, aptitute
List packages	rpm -qa	dpkg -l
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	aptitude search ssh
Package installation	yum install openssh	aptitude install openssh
Package Removal	yum remove openssh	aptitude remove 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
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

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 ! RedHat
 ! Debian
+|-
+| Package GUI
+| KPackageKit, yumex
+| Synaptic Package Manager
+|-
+| Package management
+| rpm, yum, yumex(GUI)
+| dpkg, apt-*, aptitute
 |-
 | List packages
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 | dpkg -l
 |-
-| Package sources
+| Which package a file belong to?
-| /etc/yum.respos.d/
+| rpm -qf filepath
-| /etc/apt/sources.list
+| 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
+| aptitude search ssh
+|-
+| Package installation
+| yum install openssh
+| aptitude install openssh
+|-
+| Package Removal
+| yum remove openssh
+| aptitude remove openssh
 |-
 | Interface configuration