6. yum and apt

Ah, the Batmans of package management, these systems come with all the fixins to make package installation, removal and changes easier, including installing package dependencies. Two of the most popular management systems is yum and apt. Yum is exclusive to the Red Hat family and apt is exclusively to the Debian family.

Install a package from a repository

Debian: $ apt install package_name

RPM: $ yum install package_name

Remove a package

Debian: $ apt remove package_name

RPM: $ yum erase package_name

Updating packages for a repository

It's always best practice to update your package repositories so they are up to date before you install and update a package.

Debian: apt update; apt upgrade

RPM: yum update

Get information about an installed package

Debian: apt show package_name

RPM: yum info package_name