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rpm is a powerful Package Manager for Red Hat, Suse and Fedora Linux. It can be used to build, install, query,
Subscribe to mail newslette r verify, update, and remove/erase individual software packages. A Package consists of an archive of files, and
package information, including name, version, and description:

Syntax Description Example(s)

rpm -ivh mozilla-
mail-1.7.5-17.i586.rpm
rpm -ivh {rpm-file} Install the package
rpm -ivh --test mozilla-
mail-1.7.5-17.i586.rpm
rpm -Uvh mozilla-
mail-1.7.6-12.i586.rpm
rpm -Uvh {rpm-file} Upgrade package
rpm -Uvh --test mozilla-
mail-1.7.6-12.i586.rpm
rpm -ev {package} Erase/remove/ an installed package rpm -ev mozilla-mail
Erase/remove/ an installed package
rpm -ev --nodeps {package} rpm -ev --nodeps mozilla-mail
without checking for dependencies
rpm -qa
rpm -qa Display list all installed packages
rpm -qa | less
Display installed information along
rpm -qi {package} with package version and short rpm -qi mozilla-mail
description
Find out what package a file belongs
rpm -qf /etc/passwd
rpm -qf {/path/to/file} to i.e. find what package owns the
rpm -qf /bin/bash
file
Display list of configuration file(s)
rpm -qc {pacakge-name} rpm -qc httpd
for a package
Display list of configuration files for
rpm -qcf {/path/to/file} rpm -qcf /usr/X11R6/bin/xeyes
a command
Display list of all recently installed rpm -qa --last
rpm -qa --last
RPMs rpm -qa --last | less
rpm -qpR mediawiki-
rpm -qpR {.rpm-file} Find out what dependencies a rpm
1.4rc1-4.i586.rpm
rpm -qR {package} file has
rpm -qR bash
{package} - Replace with actual package name

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