How To Install zypper-aptitude on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install zypper-aptitude in Fedora 36. zypper-aptitude is apt/aptitude CLI compatibility interface for Zypper

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install zypper-aptitude on Fedora 36.

What is `zypper-aptitude`

This package provides apt-get and aptitude frontends for Zypper, for those used to the Debian package manager’s CLI structure. These can be accessed with either of the following * /usr/bin/zypp-apt-get * /usr/bin/zypp-aptitude

We can use yum or dnf to install zypper-aptitude on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install zypper-aptitude.

Install zypper-aptitude on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install zypper-aptitude using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install zypper-aptitude

Install zypper-aptitude on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install zypper-aptitude using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install zypper-aptitude

How To Uninstall zypper-aptitude on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the zypper-aptitude package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove zypper-aptitude

zypper-aptitude Package Contents on Fedora 36

/etc/zypp/apt-packagemap.d
/etc/zypp/apt-packagemap.d/10-packagemap.pm
/etc/zypp/apt-packagemap.d/50-libperl.pm
/etc/zypp/apt-packagemap.d/50-libruby.pm
/etc/zypp/apt-packagemap.d/50-python.pm
/etc/zypp/apt-packagemap.d/90-devel.pm
/usr/bin/zypp-apt
/usr/bin/zypp-apt-get
/usr/bin/zypp-aptitude

References

zypper-aptitude website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install zypper-aptitude on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).