Debian GNU/Linux cheat sheet for RedHat/SuSE users

Administration Tools

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Tools	Purpose	SuSE analogue	Alternatives
a2enmod, a2dismod	Enable/disable Apache module
apt-show-versions	Show versions of installed packages	rpm -qa	dpkg -l
deborphan	Show packages installed to satisfy dependencies and no longer required.
dpkg-divert
update-alternatives	Select an aqctual tool behind a command (e.g. elvis vs vim for vi command)	none
update-rc.d	Maintain init start/stop scripts	chkconfig	Create symlinks in /etc/rc?.d manually.
update-rc