RPM Commands

See also Maximum RPM web book. This is a comprehensive guide to all the rpm options and gives helpful examples.

rpm command cheat sheet for Linux

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:

Syntax	Description	Example(s)
rpm -ivh {rpm-file}	Install the package	rpm -ivh mozilla-mail-1.7.5-17.i586.rpm<br>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<br>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<br>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<br>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 -pipe- less
rpm -qpR {.rpm-file}<br>rpm -qR {package}	Find out what dependencies a rpm file has	rpm -qpR mediawiki-1.4rc1-4.i586.rpm<br> rpm -qR bash