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Package manager tricks

RPM

List all installed RPM packages

rpm -qa

List all files that belong to package "mypackage"

rpm -ql mypackage

Show which package that a file belongs to

rpm -qf /path/to/file

dpkg

List all installed packages

dpkg -l

List all files the belong to the package "mypackage"

dpkg -L mypackage

Show which package that a file belongs to

dpkg --search /path/to/file

or

dpkg -S /path/to/file