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Edmund J. Sutcliffe
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Commonly-used RPM "Basic Modes"
- -b = Build New Package
- -q = Query information from installed or uninstalled
packages
- -U = Install/upgrade packages to the system
- -F = Freshen packages existing on the system
- -e = Uninstall packages from the system
- -V = Verify the validity of packages on the system,
or an uninstalled package
Now let's look at ways to invoke these modes in really cool ways!
Installing and Uninstalling Packages
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Question
| RPM Command
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| How do I install a new package, or upgrade
it if it already exists?
| rpm -Uvh package.rpm
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| If I have a directory containing updated
packages, how do I upgrade only the ones currently
on my system?
| rpm -Fvh *.rpm
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| How do I delete an installed package from
my computer?
| rpm -e package
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Querying Info from Packages
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Question
| RPM Command
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| How do I see a list of all installed packages
on my computer?
| rpm -qa | less
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| I don't know what a certain installed
package does. How can I get it to tell me about itself?
| rpm -qi package
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| How do I ask what files were installed
by a certain installed package?
| rpm -ql package
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| How do I get a-yet-uninstalled package
to give me information about itself and the files it would
install on my computer?
| rpm -qilp package.rpm
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| There's a file on my computer called /usr/bin/weirdo.
How can I find out which installed package it belongs to?
| rpm -qf /usr/bin/weirdo
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| How do I find out which package installed
/usr/bin/weirdo, AND how do I get information on that package
and see all the other files it installed?
| rpm -qilf /usr/bin/weirdo
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Verifying Packages
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Question
| RPM Command
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| I deleted a few files by accident, but
I don't know what they are. Can rpm show me which files in
its database are now missing?
| rpm -Va
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| I think I've been hacked! How do I check
for files that have been modified or removed in any way?
| rpm -Va
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| 'rpm -Va' takes a long time. How do I
just verify that a certain package is OK?
| rpm -Vv package
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| How do I test the integrity of a yet-uninstalled
package file?
| rpm -K --nopgp package.rpm
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Building Source Packages
Making your own RPM's is beyond the scope of this quick reference
(see the Maximum RPM book for that), but it's not unusual
to want to build from RPM's that only contain source code, not binaries.
This is especially relevant for non-Intel architectures like PowerPC,
Alpha, and Sparc which may not have platform-specific RPM's available,
only the source code RPM's.
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Question
| RPM Command
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| I've downloaded an RPM package containing
source code. How do I make a binary RPM out of it, and then
install it?
| rpm --rebuild package.src.rpm,
then rpm -Uvh package.rpm
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Miscellaneous
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Question
| RPM Command
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| How do I compress and rebuild my computer's
RPM database?
| rpm --rebuilddb
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