RPM Cheat Sheet
The following will help many navigate through the RPM system:
Install the package
rpm -ivh {rpm-file}
Upgrade package
rpm -Uvh {rpm-file}
Erase/remove/ an installed package
rpm -ev {package}
Erase/remove/ an installed package without checking for dependencies
rpm -ev –nodeps {package}
Display list all installed packages
rpm -qa
Check to see if a certain package is installed
rpm -qa | grep {package}
Display installed information along with package version and short description
rpm -qi {package}
Find out what package a file belongs to i.e. find what package owns the file
rpm -qf {/path/to/file}
Display list of configuration file(s) for a package
rpm -qc {pacakge-name}
Display list of configuration files for a command
rpm -qcf {/path/to/file}
Display list of all recently installed RPMs
rpm -qa –last
Find out what dependencies a rpm file has
rpm -qpR {.rpm-file}
rpm -qR {package}
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