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Sometimes when I log on to a system via SSH (for example to the same server), I have such privileges that there can install some software, but to do that I need to know how package management software is in the system.
Is there a way to quickly find it out?
In particular, for me uname -a returns:
Linux cloud 2.6.32-279.el6.x86_64 #1 SMP Fri Jun 22 12:19:21 UTC 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
How package management system can be here?
Well, the easiest way (at least to me) would be to simply check which package manager is installed.
It is not a wild guess to assume you are either using apt or yum (Debian based or Red Hat based package managers).
So, if you try:
which apt
/usr/bin/apt
You see that apt is installed. If you try:
which yum
<no output>
Or:
which pacman
<no output>
Then you do not have yum, or pacman in other words; for a case like this, use apt!
If you have none of the above, you will have to find out first of all which distribution you are using. Try this command:
lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Debian
Description: Debian GNU/Linux 8.6 (jessie)
Release: 8.6
Codename: jessie
Based on the output above you can do a simple online search for the package manager for said distribution.
