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348 bytes added, 19:00, 15 April 2010
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! Show what prevents installation of a package
|| <code>(yum/rpm tells with -???-verbose option -v)</code>
|| <code>aptitude why-not package</code>
|| <code>emerge -pv ''package''</code>
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! Get package source files
|| <code>yumdownloader -???-source ''package''</code>
|| <code>apt-get source ''package''</code>
|| <code>emerge -f ''package''</code>
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! Check package file integrity (checksums, signatures...)
|| <code>rpm -K ''file.rpm''</code><br/>(yum/rpm also checks GPG-signature and checksums automatically every time the package is installed or upgraded)
|| <code>debsums ''package''</code>
|| emerge -f ''package''
|| <code>yum provides ''/some/file''</code>
|| First run: <br/><code>apt-file update</code><br/>and then:<br/><code>apt-file search ''/some/file''</code>
|| N/A|-! Find a package based on some string or part of the string descriping it|| <code>yum search ''\*substr\*''</code>|| <code>apt-cache search ''\*substr\*''</code>|| N/A
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