Common Package Commands Table
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| Description | Solaris | FreeBSD | Linux (deb) | Linux (rpm) |
| Display the contents of a physical package file. | # pkginfo -l -d /example_path/PKGfilename.pkg | # pkg_info -L /example_path/PKGfilename.tbz | # dpkg ? | # rpm -qlp /example_path/example_filename.rpm |
| Display information about a physical package file. | # pkginfo -l /example_path/example_PKGfilename.pkg | # pkg_info -l /example_path/example_PKGfilename.tbz | # dpkg ? | # rpm -qip /example_path/example_filename.rpm |
| Display the names of all installed packages. | # pkginfo | # pkg_info | # dpkg --list | # rpm -qa |
| Searching the names of installed packages (wildcard example). | # pkginfo ¦ grep -i 'example query string' | # pkg_info '*example query string*' | # dpkg --list '*example query string*' | # rpm -qa '*example query string*' |
| Display information about an installed package. | # pkginfo -l PKGname | # pkg_info -I PKGname | # dpkg | # rpm -qi PKGname |
| Display the list of filenames for an installed package. | # pkgchk -l PKGname ¦ grep Pathname: OR grep PKGname /var/sadm/install/contents | # pkg_info -L PKGname | # dpkg --listfiles PKGname | # rpm -ql PKGname |
| Display the name of the package associated with a physical file. | # pkgchk -l -p /example_path/example_filename OR grep '/example_path/example_filename' /var/sadm/install/contents | # pkg_info -W /example_path/example_filename | # dpkg -S /example_path/example_filename | # rpm -qf /example_path/example_filename |
| Create a new package from an already installed package. | # pkg_create -b PKGname | # rpmrebuild -d /backup/path --batch package_name |
