RPM Commands Cheat Sheet for Linux
RPM Commands come as part of RPM Package Manager/Red Hat Package Manager is a powerful Software Package management tool used on various Package management systems like – Red Hat, Suse, Fedora Linux, Novell NetWare and IBM’s AIX. RPM is essentially a command line tool, which can be used to build, install, query, verify, update, and remove/erase individual packages.
A Package consists of an archive of files, and package information, including name, version, and description. Mainly two types of packages are managed by rpm, source packages (with extension .src.rpm) and binary packages (with extension .rpm).
Commonly used rpm commands:
| Command Syntax | Description | Examples |
| rpm -ivh {rpm-file} | Install the package | rpm -ivh ImageMagick-6.7.8.9-10.el7.x86_64
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| rpm -Uvh {rpm-file} | Upgrade package | rpm -Uvh ImageMagick-6.7.8.9-10.el7.x86_64
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| rpm -ev {package} | Erase/remove/ an installed package | rpm -ev ImageMagick-6.7.8.9-10.el7.x86_64 |
| rpm -ev –nodeps {package} | Erase/remove/ an installed package without checking for dependencies | rpm -ev --nodeps ImageMagick-6.7.8.9-10.el7.x86_64 |
| rpm -qa | Display list all installed packages | rpm -qa
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| rpm -qi {package} | Display installed information along with package version and short description | rpm -qi ImageMagick-6.7.8.9-10.el7.x86_64 |
| 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
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| 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
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Useful References:
- 15 Examples to Install, Uninstall, Upgrade, Query RPM Packages
- How to use Red Hat Package Manager Commands
- 20 Practical Examples of Red Hat Package Manager Commands in Linux
- Reference – The Linux Foundation
- Reference – Linux.com
- Reference – Fedora Project
Feel Free to comment, if you find that some important command is missing from the list.
