How to Check if a Package Is Installed on Debian, RedHat And Derivative Systems

For example, Debian-based systems like Ubuntu and Linux Mint use dpkg, while Fedora and Red Hat-based systems use rpm. If you’re also exploring alternatives like AlmaLinux, check out this overview of AlmaLinux OS 10. Before attempting to install new software or investigating why a command fails, checking whether the software is already present can save […]

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How to Fix Package is in a Very Bad Inconsistent State Error?

Stuck in a situation where you are not able to remove packages from your system due to an inconsistent state error, then let me guide you through the steps to resolve this issue.
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An Introduction to DNF with 20 Examples

DNF stands for Dandified YUM, it is a completely updated version of YUM Package Manager. It was originally introduced on Fedora 18, and has now become the default package manager on Fedora 22, RHEL, and CentOS-8 to handle the RPM package management. DNF improves the deficiencies of YUM, including poor performance, high memory usage, and […]

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15 apt Command Examples in Ubuntu / Debian Linux

Apt is a command-line package management utility for Ubuntu and Debian Linux. Apt is used to install, remove, update and upgrade Debian packages from the command line in Ubuntu and Debian systems. In this post, we will cover 15 apt command examples in …

25 Useful Basic Commands of APT-GET and APT-CACHE for Package Management

This article explains how quickly you can learn to install, remove, update and search software packages using apt-get and apt-cache commands from the command line. This article provides some useful commands that will help you to handle package manageme…

Beginner’s Guide to YUM Commands with 15 Practical Examples

YUM stands for Yellowdog Updater Modified, which is an RPM (RedHat Package Manager) based package management tool for Linux Systems. Yum was introduced in RHEL version 5.10 onward and its deprecated ‘up2date’ command. Yum, command helps all Users and System Administrators to search for information about packages and then install, update, and remove all rpm […]

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Using Pip Python Package Manager on Debian 11

Pip is a widely used package manager for the Python programming language. It is used for installing and managing additional packages that are not available in the Python standard library. In this article, I will show you how to install and use Pip on D…

45 Zypper Commands to Manage SUSE Linux Package Management

SUSE (Software and System Entwicklung (Germany) meaning Software and System Development, in English) Linux lies on top of Linux Kernel brought by Novell. SUSE comes in two pack. One of them is called OpenSUSE, which is freely available (free as in speech as well as free as in wine). Zypper is the command line interface of ZYpp package […]

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Differences Between Snap, AppImage, and Flatpak

In this post, we will look at the differences between these three package formats – Snap, AppImage, and Flatpak.
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zypper command to manage packages on suse Linux

In this guide, we’ll show you how to manage packages using the zypper command in the SUSE and openSUSE systems.
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