RPM, APT, and Solaris Package thing Comparison

Useful Links:

• APT-HowTo
• All you have to know about RPM
• Building Solaris Packages Quickly

List all installed packages

• rpm: rpm -qa
• apt: COLUMNS=132 dpkg -l
• sol: pkginfo

What package owns a given file?

• rpm: rpm -qlf /path/to/file
• apt: apt-file search /path/to/file
• sol: pkgchk -l -p /path/to/file

List files in installed pkg:

• rpm: rpm -ql pkg
• apt: apt-file list pkg
• sol: pkgchk -l pkg | awk '/^Pathname/ {print $2}'

List files in uninstalled pkgfile.pkg

• rpm: rpm -qlp file.rpm
• sol: pkgchk -l -d pkgfile.pkg | awk '/^Pathname/ {print $2}'

Show description about pkg

• rpm: rpm -qi pkg
• sol: pkginfo -l pkg

Check that a package file is OK before installing it:

• rpm: rpm -K pkgfile
• sol: pkgchk -d pkgfile

Install pkgfile

• rpm: rpm -ivh pkgfile
• sol: pkgadd -d pkgfile

Uninstall / Remove pkg

• rpm: rpm -e pkg
• sol: pkgrm pkg

Verify integrity of installed files from pkg

• rpm: rpm -V pkg
• sol: pkgchk pkg

Verify integrity of install files from all packages:

• rpm: rpm -Va
• sol: pkginfo | awk '{print $2}' | xargs pkgchk

Fix an altered package installation:

• rpm: rpm --setperms --setugids pkg
• sol: pkgchk -f pkg