Package-Management

Some useful links to explain the concepts of Package-Management

Concepts

• https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/package-management-basics-apt-yum-dnf-pkg

• https://blog.packagecloud.io/eng/2015/10/26/use-alien-to-convert-deb-to-rpm-and-rpm-to-deb/

Difference between yum update / yum upgrade

RPM

• https://rpmbuildtut.wordpress.com/development-packages/

• http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/RPM-HOWTO/build.html

• https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/How_to_create_an_RPM_package

• http://www.tecmint.com/20-practical-examples-of-rpm-commands-in-linux/

YUM

• http://www.slashroot.in/yum-repository-and-package-management-complete-tutorial

• http://www.tecmint.com/20-linux-yum-yellowdog-updater-modified-commands-for-package-mangement/

• https://blog.packagecloud.io/eng/2015/04/05/yum-cheat-sheet/

• https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-set-up-and-use-yum-repositories-on-a-centos-6-vps

• http://www.rpm.org/max-rpm-snapshot/

DNF

• https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/index.html

• http://linoxide.com/linux-how-to/dnf-commands-manage-rpm-linux/

Configuration

• http://www.2daygeek.com/install-enable-rpm-fusion-repository-on-centos-fedora-rhel/

• http://www.tecmint.com/how-to-enable-epel-repository-for-rhel-centos-6-5/

• http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/rhel5-fedora-core-add-new-yum-repository.html

• http://sharadchhetri.com/2014/02/22/yum-command-to-download-rpm-file-without-installing-in-linux-system/

• http://www.linuxtechi.com/download-rpm-using-yumdownloader-centos-7-rhel-7/

• https://blog.packagecloud.io/eng/2015/10/13/inspect-extract-contents-rpm-packages/

Rollback or Revert YUM Changes

• https://www.if-not-true-then-false.com/2010/yum-history-list-info-summary-repeat-redo-undo-new/

• http://www.itechlounge.net/2012/08/linux-how-to-rollback-yum-updates-on-rhel-centos/

• http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/howto-yum-downgrade-packages-on-rhel-centos-fedora-scientific-linux/

Downloading packages for RPM based OS

• https://pkgs.org/

Delta-RPMs

• https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/277900/do-i-need-to-do-something-about-delta-rpms-disabled

• https://www.certdepot.net/rhel7-get-started-delta-rpms/

Troubleshooting & Log Parsing

• https://major.io/2007/05/27/rpmdb-lock-table-is-out-of-available-locker-entries/

• http://www.serveradminblog.com/2010/10/yum-problem-rpmdb-lock-table-is-out-of-available-locker-entries/

• http://www.if-not-true-then-false.com/2012/delete-remove-old-kernels-on-fedora-centos-red-hat-rhel/

• http://xmodulo.com/check-rpm-package-dependencies-fedora-centos-rhel.html

• http://xmodulo.com/how-to-fix-yum-errors-on-centos-rhel-or-fedora.html

• https://blog.packagecloud.io/eng/2015/04/20/working-with-source-rpms/

APT

• https://askubuntu.com/questions/18804/what-do-the-various-dpkg-flags-like-ii-rc-mean

• https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/6284/check-package-version-using-apt-get-aptitude

• https://blog.packagecloud.io/eng/2015/03/30/apt-cheat-sheet/

• https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Repositories/CommandLine

• https://www.tecmint.com/useful-basic-commands-of-apt-get-and-apt-cache-for-package-management/

Working With Packages

• https://askubuntu.com/questions/44122/how-to-upgrade-a-single-package-using-apt-get

• https://askubuntu.com/questions/80655/how-can-i-check-dependency-list-for-a-deb-package

• https://askubuntu.com/questions/17823/how-to-list-all-installed-packages

Configuration

• http://www.tecmint.com/apt-advanced-package-command-examples-in-ubuntu/

• http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/debian-ubuntu-linux-show-detailed-description-info/

• https://blog.packagecloud.io/eng/2015/10/13/inspect-extract-contents-debian-packages/

Troubleshooting & Log Parsing

Is apt-get autoremove safe

• https://askubuntu.com/questions/393212/is-it-safe-to-use-the-command-apt-get-autoremove-in-this-particular-scenario/393215

Difference between apt-get update / apt-get upgrade

• https://askubuntu.com/questions/94102/what-is-the-difference-between-apt-get-update-and-upgrade