rpm 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.
rpm command cheat sheet for Linux
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 {PackageName} |
Display installed information along with package version and short description |
rpm -qi mozilla-mail |
rpm -qpi /path/to/package.rpm |
Display installed information along with package version and short description |
rpm -qpi /software/storagecraft-repo-latest.rpm |
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 |
rpm2cpio /path/package.rpm > output.cpio cpio -i --make-directories < output.cpio |
extract / unpack all files of that package |
rpm2cpio /path/package.rpm | cpio -idmv |
{package} – Replace with actual package name
src: https://www.cyberciti.biz/howto/question/linux/linux-rpm-cheat-sheet.php
additional stuff:
rpm --query --list nmap-ncat-6.40-7.el7.x86_64; # list all files that belong to this package rpm --query --docfiles nmap-ncat-6.40-7.el7.x86_64; # list all docfiles of that package rpm --query --list --docfiles package; # list all docfiles of that package
Verifying a package
rpm -vvv --verify emacs.x86_64; # very verbosely verify the installed package taking into account timestamp, md5 checksum and file size
compares information about the installed files in the package with information about the files taken from the package metadata stored in the rpm database.
Among other things, verifying compares the size, digest, permissions, type, owner and group of each file. Any discrepancies are displayed.
Files that were not installed from the package, for example, documentation files excluded on installation using the “–excludedocs” option, will be silently ignored.
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