RPM Usage Summary.
Install. Full filename is needed.
$ rpm -ivh Fedora/RPMS/postgresql-libs-7.4.2-1.i386.rpm
To view list of files installed with a particular package.
$ rpm -ql postgresql-libs
/usr/lib/libecpg.so.4
/usr/lib/libecpg.so.4.1
/usr/lib/libecpg_compat.so.1
/usr/lib/libecpg_compat.so.1.1
/usr/lib/libpgtypes.so.1
...
Or, to get the file listing from a package that is not installed use the
"-p" option.
$ rpm -pql /iso0/Fedora/RPMS/libpcap-0.8.3-7.i386.rpm
/usr/share/doc/libpcap-0.8.3/CHANGES
/usr/share/doc/libpcap-0.8.3/LICENSE
/usr/share/doc/libpcap-0.8.3/README
/usr/share/man/man3/pcap.3.gz
Note, you can also get specific listing. For example, suppose you
want to view the changelog
$ rpm -q --changelog audit
* Tue Jan 13 2009 Steve Grubb <[email protected]> 1.7.11-2
- Add crypto event definitions
* Sat Jan 10 2009 Steve Grubb <[email protected]> 1.7.11-1
- New upstream release
Or, maybe you want to see what scripts are installed.
$ rpm -q --scripts audit
postinstall scriptlet (using /bin/sh):
/sbin/chkconfig --add auditd
preuninstall scriptlet (using /bin/sh):
if [ $1 -eq 0 ]; then
/sbin/service auditd stop > /dev/null 2>&1
/sbin/chkconfig --del auditd
fi
postuninstall scriptlet (using /bin/sh):
if [ $1 -ge 1 ]; then
/sbin/service auditd condrestart > /dev/null 2>&1 || :
fi
For dependencies listing, use the "R" option.
$ rpm -qpR /iso0/Fedora/RPMS/libpcap-0.8.3-7.i386.rpm
/sbin/ldconfig
/sbin/ldconfig
kernel >= 2.2.0
libc.so.6
libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.0)
libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.1)
libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.1.3)
libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.3)
openssl
rpmlib(CompressedFileNames) <= 3.0.4-1
rpmlib(PayloadFilesHavePrefix) <= 4.0-1
To check the integrity, use the "-K" option.
$ rpm -K /iso0/Fedora/RPMS/libpcap-0.8.3-7.i386.rpm
/iso0/Fedora/RPMS/libpcap-0.8.3-7.i386.rpm: (sha1) dsa sha1 md5
gpg OK
To list all packages installed.
$ rpm -qa
To find out which file a package belongs to.
$ rpm -qf /usr/lib/libecpg.so.4.1
To find the source. (See Tip 246 for more detail)
$ rpm -qi sysstat
To uninstall a package
$ rpm -e
For building rpm packages reference the following:
http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/library/l-rpm1/
To verify md5 sum so that you know it downloaded ok
$ rpm -K *.rpm
The following is a good reference:
http://www.redhat.com/docs/books/max-rpm/max-rpm.pdf
http://www.rpm.org/max-rpm/s1-rpm-install-additional-options.html
