Portage for RPM Users

This article is part of the Miscellaneous series.

This is list of RPM commands used to administer RPM/URPMI based distros and the equivalent commands using portage

Note: qpkg is now deprecated and has been removed from gentoolkit. It has been supplanted with equery.

Action	RPM / DEB Command	Portage Command	Notes
Install Package	urpmi pkgname or apt-get install pkgname or yum install pkgname	emerge pkgname	none
Update package lists	apt-get update or urpmi.update -a	emerge --sync	none
Upgrade all packages to the latest versions	apt-get upgrade or urpmi --auto-select or yum update	emerge --update --deep world or emerge -uD world	none
Identify package owning file	rpm -qf filename	equery belongs filename or epm -qf filename	requires gentoolkit last requires epm
Search for package	urpmq search or apt-cache search search	emerge -s search or esearch search or eix search	last requires eix
Build a binary package	rpm --rebuild pkg.src.rpm or rpmbuild pkg.spec or apt-get -b source pkg	quickpkg pkgname	requires gentoolkit
Verify a package	rpm -V pkg or debsums pkg	equery check pkg	requires gentoolkit
List files in a package	rpm -ql pkg or dpkg -L pkg	equery files pkg or epm -ql pkg	requires gentoolkit last requires epm
List dependencies of a package	rpm -qp --requires pkg or apt-cache depends pkg	equery depgraph pkg	requires gentoolkit