09-20-2013
If your question is to know the list of distros, I say count goes on increasing. But the Best way to differentiate is by package management.
- Debian based. packages are installed using .deb files. It uses very powerful package management tool. I suppose to be the best and easy to use as it manages dependencies as well. Various Distros include : Debian, Ubuntu, Knoppix and many more.
- rpm based. These use .rpm files. Very easy to install and use. Various Distros include: Redhat, Fedora, Opensuse, Mandriva, Centos and many more.
Many Companies have their own versions of linux as well. Ex: Solaris, HP-UX etc.
If you wanna kickstart go ahead with Fedora (rpm) or Debian. Ubuntu will be way too easy to use.
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debuginfo-install
debuginfo-install(1) debuginfo-install(1)
NAME
debuginfo-install - install debuginfo packages and their dependencies
SYNOPSIS
debuginfo-install package
DESCRIPTION
debuginfo-install is a program which installs the RPMs needed to debug the specified package. The package argument can be a wildcard, but
will only match installed packages. debuginfo-install will then enable any debuginfo repositories, and install the relevant debuginfo rpm.
EXAMPLES
Download and install all the RPMs needed to debug the kernel RPM:
debuginfo-install kernel
WARNING MESSAGES
Could not find debuginfo for:
You may sometimes see warning messages about certain packages not being found if you run debuginfo-install for a wildcard or glob.
Debuginfo packages are not necessary for "noarch" RPMs; these will generate a warning message. Additionally, On 64-bit systems, no
multilib debuginfo packages are published, so if you have 32-bit packages installed, these will also generate warning messages.
FILES
As debuginfo-install uses YUM libraries for retrieving all the information, it relies on YUM configuration for its default values like
which repositories to use. Consult YUM documentation for details:
/etc/yum.conf
/etc/yum/repos.d/
/var/cache/yum/
SEE ALSO
yum.conf (5)
http://yum-utils.baseurl.org/
http://yum.baseurl.org/
AUTHORS
See the Authors file included with this program.
BUGS
There are of course no bugs, but should you find any, you should first consult the FAQ section on http://yum.baseurl.org/wiki/Faq and if
unsuccessful in finding a resolution contact the mailing list: yum-devel@lists.baseurl.org. To file a bug use http://bugzilla.redhat.com
for Fedora/RHEL/Centos related bugs and http://yum.baseurl.org/report for all other bugs.
James Antill 21 October 2008 debuginfo-install(1)