Debian
From Wsms
Debian is one of the older and more popular Linux distributions. The Debian maintainers pride themselves on reliability and adhere to a strict interpretation of the open-source ethos. Debian has been the basis for many derivative distributions including Knoppix, Ubuntu and Linuxmint.
Our wsms class used on Fedora linux, so this page mainly discusses the differences between Fedora and Debian.
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Debian-Fedora Command Equivalents
To get a list of installed packages:
Debian: dpkg -L Fedora: rpm -qa
Install a .deb or .rpm:
dpkg -i rpm -i
List file installed by a package:
Debian: dpkg -L <package-name> Fedora: rpm -ql <package-name>
running an apache web server on Debian
The Debian apache 2 package provides a unique layout for the configuration files in /etc/apache2 as well as a set of utility scripts for enabling and disabling websites.
a2ensite
Enable an apache site.
