Red Hat to Debian

From Leo's Notes
Last edited on 1 September 2019, at 06:20.

This page will list the major changes between RedHat and Debian, including commands, file pathes, and naming conventions.

Commands

Package Management

RedHat Debian
yum install apt-get install
yum update apt-get upgrade
yum clean all apt-get update
yum search package apt-cache search package
rpm -qa dpkg -l
rpm -ivh package.rpm dpkg -i package.deb
rpm -qf /path/to/file dpkg -S /path/to/file

Service Management

RedHat Debian
/etc/rc.d/init.d

/etc/rc.d/rc1.d ...

/etc/init.d

/etc/rc1.d ...

/etc/sysconfig/network /etc/hostname , /etc/network/interfaces
service httpd restart

service mysqld restart

service http restart

service mysql restart


OS Management

RedHat Debian
cat /etc/redhat-release lsb_release -a

Naming

User / Group Names

RedHat Debian
nobody (group) nogroup (group)