This is a simple cheatsheet for the rpm command and can be used on systems like RedHat that uses the command
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Syntax
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<strong>Description</strong>
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<strong>Example(s)</strong>
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rpm -ivh {rpm-file}
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Install the package
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rpm -ivh sendmail-cf-8.14.2-1.fc8.rpm<br /> rpm -ivh –test sendmail-8.14.2-1.fc8.rpm
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rpm -Uvh {rpm-file}
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Upgrade package
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rpm -Uvh sendmail-cf-8.14.2-1.fc8.rpm<br /> rpm -Uvh –test sendmail-8.14.2-1.fc8.rpm
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rpm -ev {package}
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Erase/remove/ an installed package
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rpm -ev sendmail
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rpm -ev –nodeps {package}
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Erase/remove/ an installed package without checking for dependencies
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rpm -ev –nodeps sendmail
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rpm -qa
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Display list all installed packages
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rpm -qa<br /> rpm -qa | less
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rpm -qi {package}
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Display installed information along with package version and short description
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rpm -qi sendmail
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rpm -ql {package-name}
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List files in package
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rpm -ql sendmail
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rpm -qf {/path/to/file}
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Find out what package a file belongs to i.e. find what package owns the file
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rpm -qf /etc/passwd<br /> rpm -qf /bin/bash
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rpm -qc {pacakge-name}
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Display list of configuration file(s) for a package
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rpm -qc httpd
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rpm -qcf {/path/to/file}
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Display list of configuration files for a command
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rpm -qcf /usr/bin/locate
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rpm -qa –last
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Display list of all recently installed RPMs
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rpm -qa –last<br /> rpm -qa –last | less
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rpm -qpR {.rpm-file}
rpm -qR {package}
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Find out what dependencies a rpm file has
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rpm -qpR sendmail-8.14.2-1.fc8.rpm<br /> rpm -qR bash
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rpm –test {package}
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Perform Installation Tests Only
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rpm -i –test rpm-2.0.11-1.i386.rpm<br /> /bin/rpm conflicts with file from rpm-2.3-1<br /> /usr/bin/gendiff conflicts with file from rpm-2.3-1<br /> /usr/bin/rpm2cpio conflicts with file from rpm-2.3-1<br /> /usr/bin/rpmconvert conflicts with file from rpm-2.3-1<br /> /usr/man/man8/rpm.8 conflicts with file from rpm-2.3-1<br /> error: rpm-2.0.11-1.i386.rpm cannot be installed
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rpm –replacepkgs
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Install the Package Even If Already Installed. Is used to force RPM to install a package that it believes to be installed already. This option is normally used if the installed package has been damaged somehow and needs to be fixed up.
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