Red Hat and Debian GNU/Linux Package Managers

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This excerpt is Chapter 5 from Linux in a Nutshell, 3rd Edition, published in August 2000 by O'Reilly.

This chapter describes the two major Linux packaging systems, the Red Hat Package Manager (RPM) and the Debian GNU/Linux Package Manager.

• The Red Hat Package Manager
• The rpm Command
• General options
• Install, upgrade, and freshen options
• Query options
• Package selection options
• Information selection options
• Uninstall options
• Verify options
• Database rebuild options
• Signature check options
• Miscellaneous options
• FTP/HTTP options
• Build options
• RPM examples
• GNOME-RPM
• gnorpm options
• The GNOME-RPM window
• The Debian Package Manager
• Options
• Files
• Package States and Selection States
• Package Flags
• Scripts
• Debian Package Manager Command Summary
• apt-cdrom
• apt-get
• dpkg
• dpkg-deb
• dpkg-split
• dselect