On Thu, 14 Mar 2013 16:09:24 +0100, Reindl Harald wrote:
> > I'm trying to find a standard way of finding the native packaging
> > system of a linux distribution. I'm not sure at all that testing the
> > presence of {rpm/yum}|{apt-get} is reliable as for example I can
> > install apt-get of my fedora computer.
> >
> > So the question is, is there a simple test that can reliably determine
> > whether a linux machine is rpm or debian based for its native package
> > scheme?
>
> presence of /var/lib/rpm
> /etc/os-release
> /etc/redhat-release
And perhaps a run-time check, such as an RPM based query, which would
only work if the RPM database is filled with details about installed
files.
$ rpm -qa|wc -l
1601
$ rpm -qf /sbin/init
systemd-198-3.fc19.x86_64
$ rpm -qf $(which bash)
bash-4.2.45-1.fc19.x86_64
--
Fedora release 19 (Rawhide) - Linux 3.9.0-0.rc2.git0.2.fc19.x86_64
loadavg: 0.05 0.18 0.22
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