| rpm -U *.rpm | Install or update some rpm packages.
Add -v and/or -h for verbose
and/or progress bar. |
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| rpm -e package-name | Delete an installed rpm package. |
| rpm --import gpg-key-file | You must import the GPG key for any digitally
signed package you wish to verify.
These keys can beinported from files or from the Internet.
(Example: /usr/share/doc/rpm-version/RPM-GPG-KEY) |
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Query Options: (Use " -qp file.rpm" to query a downloaded
but not installed package file) |
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| rpm -q package-name | Provides the full name for an installed package (which includes a version number). |
| rpm -qa | List all installed RPM packages.
Add "--last" option to list in
the order installed, most recent first.
This is useful to combine with either grep or head.
Examples: rpm -qa |grep -i kernel | sort rpm -qa --last | head |
| rpm -qc package-name | Lists the configuration files from a package. |
| rpm -qf pathname | Tells you which package some file belongs to. |
| rpm -qi package-name | Shows general package description and other information. |
| rpm -ql package-name | Lists files in a package. |