PackageManager

Task	dpkg	apt	rpm	dnf (Fedora)	yum (Redhat)	zypper (SuSE)	pacman (Arch)	apk (Alpine)	xbps (Void)	pkgadd (SysV)	pkgutil (Solaris)	pkg (Solaris)	port (MacPorts)	portage (Gentoo)	pkg_info (FreeBSD)
show description	dpkg -s	apt-cache show	rpm -qi	dnf info	yum info	zypper info	pacman -S -i	apk info	xbps-query -S	pkginfo -l	pkgutil --describe	pkg info	port info	equery m	pkg_info
install	dpkg -i	apt-get install	rpm -hiv	dnf install	yum install	zypper install	pacman -S	apk add	xbps-install	pkgadd -d	pkgutil -i	pkg install	port install	emerge	pkg_add
remove	dpkg -r	apt-get remove	rpm -e	dnf remove	yum remove	zypper remove	pacman -R	apk del	xbps-remove	pkgrm	pkgutil -r	pkg uninstall	port uninstall	emerge --unmerge	pkg_delete
package owning file	dpkg -S		rpm -qf	dnf provides	yum provides	zypper search --provides	pacman -Q -o	apk info -W	xbps-query -o	pkgchk -l -p	pkgutil -F	pkg search -lp	port provides	qfile, equery b	pkg_info -E/-F/-W
files in installed pkg	dpkg -L		rpm -ql				pacman -Q -l	apk info -L	xbps-query -f	pkgchk -l	pkgutil -L	pkg contents	port contents	qlist, equery f	pkg_info -L
files in uninstalled pkg		apt-file search		dnf provides	yum provides		pacman -Fy	apk-file	xbps-query -R -o			pkg contents -r
files in pkg-file	dpkg-deb -c		rpm -qlp				bsdtar -Jtf	tar -tzf							tar -tjf
installed packages	dpkg -l		rpm -qa	dnf list installed	yum list installed	zypper packages --installed-only	pacman -Q	apk list -I	xbps-query -l	pkginfo	pkgutil -l	pkg list	port echo installed	qlist -I	pkg_info
available packages	dpkg --get-selections	apt-cache dumpavail		dnf list	yum list	zypper packages	pacman -S -l	apk list -a	xbps-query -R -s \*		pkgutil -a	pkg list -a
extract packages	dpkg -x		rpm2cpio foo.rpm | cpio -vid				bsdtar -Jxf	tar -xzf		pkgtrans foo .	pkgutil --extract			extract in $PORTDIR/distfiles	tar -xjf
clean package cache	-	apt-get clean		dnf clean packages	yum clean packages	zypper clean	pacman -S --clean	apk cache clean	xbps-remove --clean-cache

Tricks

As long as FreeBSD pkg doesn't provide an interface for that, we can do this manually:

$ find /usr/ports -iname "pkg-plist*" -maxdepth 3 -exec grep -iH "bin/mkisofs" '{}' +
/usr/ports/sysutils/cdrtools-devel/pkg-plist:bin/mkisofs
/usr/ports/sysutils/cdrtools/pkg-plist:bin/mkisofs

Links

• Package Manager Cheatsheet (Archive)
• AIX commands you should not leave home without (2006-10-24)
• Pkg Primer (pkgng)
• Pacman/Rosetta