dpkg & rpm

install

	rpm	dpkg
specified package	rpm -i pkgfile.rpm	dpkg -i pkgfile.deb

query

display	rpm	dpkg
all package name installed	rpm -qa	dpkg -l (lowercase L)
package files	rpm -ql pkgname  (lowercase L)	dpkg -L pkgname
file belong to	rpm -qf /path/to/file	dpkg -S /path/to/file
package info	rpm -qip pkgfile.rpm  (package info) rpm -qlp pkgfile.rpm  (lowercase L, all files)	dpkg -I pkgfile.deb  (upper case I ) dpkg -c pkgfile.deb
if installed	rpm -q pkgname  (package name) rpm -qi pkgname  (package info)	dpkg -l pkgname  (lowercase L, simple list) dpkg -s pkgname  (show details) dpkg -p pkgname  (show details)

remove

	rpm	dpkg
specified package	rpm -e pkgname	dpkg -r pkgname  (configuration remain) dpkg -P  pkgname  (remove all)

alien deals with (installation & conversion) .deb, rpm, slp and.tgz

apt-get install alien

• install RPM package: alien -i quota-3.12-7.i386.rpm
• make into deb package format: alien -d quota-3.12-7.i386.rpm
• make into rpm package: alien -r quota_3.12-6_i386.deb