RPM

Querying

1. rpm -qa: query all installed packages
2. rpm -q firefox: query firefox installed
3. rpm -ql firefox: query list of files in firefox package
4. rpm -qpl name.rpm query list files in name.rpm
5. rpm -qid firefox: query package information including documentation files
6. rpm -qf /usr/bin/ab: which package that owns ab
7. rpm -qdf /usr/bin/ab: list document comes with package that owns ab
8. rpm -V package: verify a package
9. rpm -Va: verify all installed package
10. rpm -Vf /usr/bin/ab: verify the package that owns ab.
11. rpm -qa --qf "%-10{SIZE} %-30{NAME}\n" | sort -n | less: sort all installed packages by size.
12. rpm -qa --qf "%{n}-%{v}-%{r}.%{arch}\n"    :list architecture
13. rpm -qpR package:    list package dependencies
14. rpm --test -e package: list what requires this package
15. rpm -qp --scripts package:   list package pre and post scripts
16. rpm -q --changelog package: package change log
17. rpm -qa --queryformat '%{SIZE}\n' | awk '{sum += $1} END {printf("Total size in packages = %4.1f GB\n", sum/1024**3)}':  total size of all rpms installed
18. rpm -q --provides  package:  what the package provides
19. rpm -q --qf '[%{obsoletes}\n]' package: show obsolete tags

Installing

1. rpm -ivh package.rpm: installing, verbose and show progress with ###
2. rpm -Uvh package.rpm: updating a package
3. rpm -Fvh *.rpm: updating the packages only if an earlier version is present

Uninstalling

1. rpm -e package
2. rpm -e --nodeps package

Check Dependency

$ rpm --test -ivh package.rpm

Rebuild RPM db (when it is corrupted or yum stuck)

# rm /var/lib/rpm/__db*
# rpm --rebuilddb