Rosetta

The Rosetta Stone is a device that helps you translate from one language to another. This article is about translating commands and package names between distributions.

Generic	SUSE Linux	Ubuntu	Fedora
Install kernel source	yast -i kernel-source	apt-get install linux-source
program to install software	yast	apt-get	yum
Start software management	yast2 sw_single	aptitude	system-config-packages
Package name of CPU frequency development library		libcpufreq-dev
install ssh daemon	is installed by default (verify with rpm -qv openssh)	sudo apt-get install openssh-server
schedule a service for starting when the computer starts	chkconfig/yast2 runlevel	chkconfig/Update-rc.d	chkconfig
set up networking	yast2 lan
Restart networking	/etc/init.d/network restart OR rcnetwork restart	/etc/init.d/networking restart	/etc/init.d/network restart OR service network restart
shut down firewall	rcSuSEfirewall2 stop
set up cups	yast2 printer
set up a scanner	yast2 scanner
set up networking	yast2 lan		system-config-network
resolve compile message "...gl.h: No such file or directory"		sudo apt-get install libglitz1-dev