Packaging in Linux
commands for manage packages

Debian:
apt (Advanced Packaging Tool) Package management system(Paketverwaltungssystem)
    Frontends: aptitude, Debian
dpkg (Debian Package) Paketverwaltung, Debian
    Frontends: dselect, apt-get, console-apt, gnome-apt
    Format: .deb

RHEL, CentOS, Rocky Linux:
dnf, yum (Yellowdog Updater, Modified) Package management system(Paketverwaltungssystem)
rpm (RPM Package Manager, Red Hat Package Manager) Package management(Paketverwaltung)
    Format: .rpm

SUSE, openSUSE:
zypper Package management system(Paketverwaltungssystem)
rpm (RPM Package Manager, früher Red Hat Package Manager) Package management(Paketverwaltung)
    Format: .rpm

Package management systems

Action	debian command	RHEL8 / OL8 / Rocky8 command	SUSE / openSUSE command
Install package	apt install ${PKG}	dnf install ${PKG	zypper in ${PKG}
Remove package	apt remove ${PKG}	dnf remove --nodeps ${PKG}	zypper rm -RU ${PKG}
Remove package (and orphans)	apt autoremove ${PKG}	dnf remove ${PKG}	zypper rm -u --force-resolution ${PKG}
Update software database	apt update	dnf check-update	zypper ref
Show updatable packages	apt list --upgradable	dnf check-update	zypper lu
Delete orphans and config	apt autoremove ${PKG}	dnf erase ${PKG}	zypper rm -u
Update all	apt upgrade	dnf update	zypper up
Search package	apt search / list ${PKG}	dnf search / list ${PKG}	zypper search ${PKG}

Package Manager

List files of a package	dpkg -L ${PKG}, dpkg -c ${PKG}	rpm -q –filesbypkg ${PKG}, rpm -ql ${PKG}
package that belongs to file	dpkg -S <file>	rpm -qf <path to file>
list installed packages	dpkg -l	rpm -qa
install a package	dpkg -i ${PKG}	rpm -ivh ${PKG}
remove a package	dpkg -r ${PKG}	rpm -erase, rpm -ev
check dependencies	dpkg -l ${PKG}	rpm -qpr ${PKG}
query information about installed package	dpkg-query -l ${PKG}	rpm -qi ${PKG}

(${PKG} is the package name.)