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Software Packaging

suggestions to switch from .rpm based GNU/linux distribution to Debian GNU/Linux (.deb)

functionality	.rpm (RedHat, Mandrake, SuSe, Caldera...)	.deb (Debian)	OpenBSD
Search for packaging information (owner/divert) of an existing file	rpm -qf file	dpkg -S file is slow, so use dlocate package	pkg_info -E file
list package content	rpm -pql packagefile.rpm rpm -ql packagename	dpkg -L packagename
search for package name matching a regexp	rpm -qa|grep regexp	dpkg -l pattern
list hints (long)	rpm --help	dpkg -h	pkg_info -h
complete manual	man rpm	man dpkg	man pkg_info

Marco Munari