RPM

max rpm

Basic operations

-i

Install package

Common usage:

rpm -ivh package_name.rpm

Installs package_name

• i install
• v verbose
• h progress bar

-U

Update package

Common usage:

rpm -U package_name.rpm

Updates package_name

rpm -U --force package_name.rpm

Forces update of package_name

-e

Uninstall/Erase

Common usage:

rpm -e package_name

Unistalls package_name

rpm --nodeps -e package_name

Uninstalls package_name ignoring errors

--nodeps ignore dependancies

-q

Query package info

Common Usage:

rpm -q package_name

Prints package version

rpm -qi package_name

Prints information about package_name

rpm -qip package_name.rpm

Prints information about the package_name.rpm

rpm -qf file

Prints package containing file

rpm -ql package_name

Prints a long listing, including all files in package

rpm -qa

Prints a list of all packages

-V

Verify installed packages

SM5DLUGT c <file> is output for mismatching files, where:

• S indicates the file size has changed
• M indicates the file's mode has changed
• 5 indicates the MD5 checksum of the file doesn't match
• D indicates the file's major and minor numbers have changed
• L indicates the file's symbolic link contents have changed
• U indicates the owner of the file has changed
• G indicates the file's group has changed
• T indicates the modification time of the file has changed
• c appears if the file is a configuration file. (and hence likely to have changed)
• the file that failed verification.

If an attribute is ok then "." is printed.
If the file is missing, then "missing" is printed

Common Usage:

rpm -V package_name

Validates the files in the package

rpm -Va

Validates the files in all packages