rpm command cheat sheet for Linux
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pm is a powerful Package Manager for Red Hat, Suse and Fedora Linux. It can be used to build, install, query, verify, update, and remove/erase individual software packages. A Package consists of an archive of files, and package information, including name, version, and description:
| Syntax | Description | Example(s) |
|---|---|---|
| rpm -ivh {rpm-file} | Install the package | rpm -ivh mozilla-mail-1.7.5-17.i586.rpm |
| rpm -ivh --test mozilla-mail-1.7.5-17.i586.rpm | ||
| rpm -Uvh {rpm-file} | Upgrade package | rpm -Uvh mozilla-mail-1.7.6-12.i586.rpm |
| rpm -Uvh --test mozilla-mail-1.7.6-12.i586.rpm | ||
| rpm -ev {package} | Erase/remove/ an installed package | rpm -ev mozilla-mail |
| rpm -ev --nodeps {package} | Erase/remove/ an installed package without checking for dependencies | rpm -ev --nodeps mozilla-mail |
| rpm -qa | Display list all installed packages | rpm -qa |
| rpm -qa | less | |
| rpm -qi {package} | Display installed information along with package version and short description | rpm -qi mozilla-mail |
| rpm -qf {/path/to/file} | Find out what package a file belongs to i.e. find what package owns the file | rpm -qf /etc/passwd |
| rpm -qf /bin/bash | ||
| rpm -qc {pacakge-name} | Display list of configuration file(s) for a package | rpm -qc httpd |
| rpm -qcf {/path/to/file} | Display list of configuration files for a command | rpm -qcf /usr/X11R6/bin/xeyes |
| rpm -qa --last | Display list of all recently installed RPMs | rpm -qa --last |
| rpm -qa --last | less | |
| rpm -qpR {.rpm-file} | ||
| rpm -qR {package} | Find out what dependencies a rpm file has | rpm -qpR mediawiki-1.4rc1-4.i586.rpm |
| rpm -qR bash |
{package} - Replace with actual package name
Q. How do I find out what files are in RPM package called gnupg?
A. You can use rpm command itself to list the files inside a RPM package. rpm is a powerful Package Manager, which can be used to build, install, query, verify, update, and erase individual software packages. A package consists of an archive of files and meta-data used to install and erase the archive files.
Use following syntax to list the files for already INSTALLED package: rpm -ql package-name
Use following syntax to list the files for RPM package: **rpm -qlp package.rpm **Type the following command to list the files for gnupg rpm package:
$ rpm -qlp rpm -qlp gnupg-1.4.5-1.i386.rpm
Output:
/usr/bin/gpg
/usr/bin/gpgsplit
/usr/bin/gpgv
/usr/bin/lspgpot
/usr/lib64/gnupg
/usr/lib64/gnupg/gpgkeys_ldap
/usr/lib64/gnupg/gpgkeys_mailto
/usr/share/doc/gnupg-1.2.6
/usr/share/doc/gnupg-1.2.6/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/gnupg-1.2.6/BUGS
/usr/share/doc/gnupg-1.2.6/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/gnupg-1.2.6/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/gnupg-1.2.6/DETAILS
/usr/share/doc/gnupg-1.2.6/HACKING
/usr/share/doc/gnupg-1.2.6/INSTALL
/usr/share/doc/gnupg-1.2.6/NEWS
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