apt Quick Start Guide and pacman Rosetta

apt-quick-guide-pacman-rosetta.md

apt Quick Start Guide and pacman Rosetta

Ubuntu Package Manager Quick Start Guide

Local	Remote	Description
dpkg -S, --search	apt-file search	Search for packages that owns the file
dpkg -L, --listfiles	apt-file list	List files owned by the package
dpkg -s, --status	apt show	Show package information
dpkg -l, --list	apt list	Search for package name

Concept: 1 package owns some file(s)

Ubuntu and Arch Linux Package Managers Rosetta

Ubuntu Local	Ubuntu Remote	Arch Linux Local	Arch Linux Remote	Description
dpkg -S, --search	apt-file search	pacman -Qo	pacman -F	Search for packages that owns the file
dpkg -L, --listfiles	apt-file list	pacman -Ql	pacman -Fl	List files owned by the package
dpkg -s, --status	apt show	pacman -Qi	pacman -Si	Show package information
dpkg -l, --list	apt list	pacman -Qs	pacman -Ss	Search for package name

Examples

Example of dpkg -L

$ dpkg -L gzip | fgrep bin/
/bin/gunzip
/bin/gzexe
/bin/gzip
/bin/uncompress
/bin/zcat
/bin/zcmp
/bin/zdiff
/bin/zegrep
/bin/zfgrep
/bin/zforce
/bin/zgrep
/bin/zless
/bin/zmore
/bin/znew

Example of dpkg -S

$ dpkg -S bin/zcat
gzip: /bin/zcat

Appendix

For more info.,
In man dpkg,
search for dpkg-query actions

In man apt,
search for apt-cache