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# Overview
Forks include CentOS, scientific Linux, Oracle, and Fedora.
Major features: reliable, shit package selection.
# Basically yum
> yum search [package]
> yum list openssh
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> yum update
yum remove [package1] [package2]
> yum remove [package1] [package2]

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> xbps-query -Rs cowsay
Upgrade current packages. -R looks at repositories, -s makes things sloppy.
Upgrade current packages.
`-R` looks at repositories, `-s` makes a sloppy search (for rough matches).
> xbps-install -Suv
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> xbps-pkgdb -a
Remove all dependencies.
Remove all orphaned dependencies.
> xbps-remove -o
Show information about cowsay
> xbps-query -RS cowsay
Search for cows
> xbps-query -Rs cows
List packages requiring updates.
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> xbps-remove -O
apt update
Update list of available packages ('sync')
> xbps-install -S
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> xbps-query -R
Display all cowsay files
> xbps-query -Rf cowsay
Do I have cowsay installed?
> xbps-query -s cowsay
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> xbps-install -Sn cowsay
A dry-run of installing cowsay, without actually intalling.
# Advanced
A dry-run of installing cowsay, without actually intalling.
> xbps-query -x cowsay
Show cowsay's dependencies. The -R flag's required for a remote package.
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> sudo xbps-pkgdb -a
And if you've found any, you might try:
And if you've found any, you might reconfigure all packages forcefully:
> sudo xbps-reconfigure -af
This reconfigures all packages forcefully.
If that doesn't help the issue, try to find the broken package and forcefully reinstall:
> xbps-query -s gnutls
> sudo xbps-install -f gnutls