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RPMCommand:15ExamplestoInstall,Uninstall,Upgrade,QueryRPMPackagesbySasikalaonJuly7,2010

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RPMcommandisusedforinstalling,uninstalling,upgrading,querying,listing,andcheckingRPMpackagesonyourLinuxsystem.

RPMstandsforRedHatPackageManager.

Withrootprivilege,youcanusetherpmcommandwithappropriateoptionstomanagetheRPMsoftwarepackages.

Inthisarticle,letusreview15practicalexamplesofrpmcommand.

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LetustakeanrpmofMysqlClientandrunthroughallourexamples.

1.InstallingaRPMpackageUsingrpmivh

RPMfilenamehaspackagename,version,releaseandarchitecturename.

Forexample,IntheMySQLclient3.23.571.i386.rpmfile:

MySQLclientPackageName3.23.57Version1Releasei386Architecture

WhenyouinstallaRPM,itcheckswhetheryoursystemissuitableforthesoftwaretheRPMpackagecontains,figuresoutwheretoinstallthefileslocatedinsidetherpmpackage,installsthemonyoursystem,andaddsthatpieceofsoftwareintoitsdatabaseofinstalledRPMpackages.

ThefollowingrpmcommandinstallsMysqlclientpackage.

#rpmivhMySQLclient3.23.571.i386.rpmPreparing...###########################################[100%]1:MySQLclient###########################################[100%]

rpmcommandandoptions

i:installapackagev:verboseh:printhashmarksasthepackagearchiveisunpacked.

YoucanalsousedpkgonDebian,pkgaddonSolaris,depotonHPUXtoinstallpackages.

2.QueryalltheRPMPackagesusingrpmqa

Youcanuserpmcommandtoqueryallthepackagesinstalledinyoursystem.

#rpmqacdrecord2.0110.7.el5bluezlibs3.71.1setarch2.01.1

..

qqueryoperationaqueriesallinstalledpackages

Toidentifywhetheraparticularrpmpackageisinstalledonyoursystem,combinerpmandgrepcommandasshownbelow.Followingcommandcheckswhethercdrecordpackageisinstalledonyoursystem.

#rpmqa|grep'cdrecord'

3.QueryaParticularRPMPackageusingrpmq

Theaboveexamplelistsallcurrentlyinstalledpackage.Afterinstallationofapackagetochecktheinstallation,youcanqueryaparticularpackageandverifyasshownbelow.

#rpmqMySQLclientMySQLclient3.23.571

#rpmqMySQLpackageMySQLisnotinstalled

Note:Toqueryapackage,youshouldspecifytheexactpackagename.Ifthepackagenameisincorrect,thenrpmcommandwillreportthatthepackageisnotinstalled.

4.QueryRPMPackagesinavariousformatusingrpmqueryformat

Rpmcommandprovidesanoptionqueryformat,whichallowsyoutogivetheheadertagnames,tolistthepackages.Enclosetheheadertagwithin{}.

#rpmqaqueryformat'%{name%{version}%{release}%{size}\n'cdrecord2.0110.712324bluezlibs3.71.15634setarch2.01.1235563..

#

5.WhichRPMpackagedoesafilebelongto?Userpmqf

Letussay,youhavelistoffilesandyouwouldwanttoknowwhichpackageownsallthesefiles.rpmcommandhasoptionstoachievethis.

Thefollowingexampleshowsthat/usr/bin/mysqlaccessfileispartoftheMySQLclient3.23.571rpm.

#rpmqf/usr/bin/mysqlaccessMySQLclient3.23.571

f:filename

6.Locatedocumentationofapackagethatownsfileusingrpmqdf

Usethefollowingtoknowthelistofdocumentations,forapackagethatownsafile.Thefollowingcommand,givesthelocationofallthemanualpagesrelatedtomysqlpackage.

#rpmqdf/usr/bin/mysqlaccess/usr/share/man/man1/mysql.1.gz/usr/share/man/man1/mysqlaccess.1.gz/usr/share/man/man1/mysqladmin.1.gz/usr/share/man/man1/mysqldump.1.gz/usr/share/man/man1/mysqlshow.1.gz

d:refersdocumentation.

7.InformationaboutInstalledRPMPackageusingrpmqi

rpmcommandprovidesalotofinformationaboutaninstalledpacakgeusingrpmqiasshownbelow:

#rpmqiMySQLclientName:MySQLclientRelocations:(notrelocatable)Version:3.23.57Vendor:MySQLABRelease:1BuildDate:Mon09Jun200311:08:28PMCESTInstallDate:Mon06Feb201003:19:16AMPSTBuildHost:build.mysql.comGroup:Applications/DatabasesSourceRPM:MySQL3.23.571.src.rpmSize:5305109License:GPL/LGPLSignature:(none)Packager:LenzGrimmerURL:http://www.mysql.com/Summary:MySQLClientDescription:ThispackagecontainsthestandardMySQLclients.

IfyouhaveanRPMfilethatyouwouldliketoinstall,butwanttoknowmoreinformationaboutitbeforeinstalling,youcandothefollowing:

#rpmqipMySQLclient3.23.571.i386.rpmName:MySQLclientRelocations:(notrelocatable)Version:3.23.57Vendor:MySQLABRelease:1BuildDate:Mon09Jun200311:08:28PMCESTInstallDate:(notinstalled)BuildHost:build.mysql.comGroup:Applications/DatabasesSourceRPM:MySQL3.23.571.src.rpmSize:5305109License:GPL/LGPLSignature:(none)Packager:LenzGrimmerURL:http://www.mysql.com/Summary:MySQLClientDescription:ThispackagecontainsthestandardMySQLclients.

i:viewinformationaboutanrpmp:specifyapackagename

8.ListalltheFilesinaPackageusingrpmqlp

TolistthecontentofaRPMpackage,usethefollowingcommand,whichwilllistoutthefileswithoutextractingintothelocaldirectoryfolder.

$rpmqlpovpc2.1.10.rpm/usr/bin/mysqlaccess/usr/bin/mysqldata/usr/bin/mysqlperm../usr/bin/mysqladmin

q:querytherpmfile

l:listthefilesinthepackagep:specifythepackagename

YoucanalsoextractfilesfromRPMpackageusingrpm2cpioaswediscussedearlier.

9.ListtheDependencyPackagesusingrpmqRP

Toviewthelistofpackagesonwhichthispackagedepends,

#rpmqRpMySQLclient3.23.571.i386.rpm/bin/sh/usr/bin/perl

10.Findoutthestateoffilesinapackageusingrpmqsp

Thefollowingcommandistofindstate(installed,replacedornormal)forallthefilesinaRPMpackage.

#rpmqspMySQLclient3.23.571.i386.rpmnormal/usr/bin/msql2mysqlnormal/usr/bin/mysqlnormal/usr/bin/mysql_find_rowsnormal/usr/bin/mysqlaccessnormal/usr/bin/mysqladminnormal/usr/bin/mysqlbinlognormal/usr/bin/mysqlchecknormal/usr/bin/mysqldumpnormal/usr/bin/mysqlimportnormal/usr/bin/mysqlshownormal/usr/share/man/man1/mysql.1.gznormal/usr/share/man/man1/mysqlaccess.1.gznormal/usr/share/man/man1/mysqladmin.1.gznormal/usr/share/man/man1/mysqldump.1.gznormal/usr/share/man/man1/mysqlshow.1.gz

11.VerifyaParticularRPMPackageusingrpmVp

Verifyingapackagecomparesinformationabouttheinstalledfilesinthepackagewithinformationaboutthefilestakenfromthepackagemetadatastoredintherpmdatabase.Inthefollowingcommand,Visforverificationandpoptionisusedtospecifyapackagenametoverify.

#rpmVpMySQLclient3.23.571.i386.rpmS.5....Tc/usr/bin/msql2mysqlS.5....Tc/usr/bin/mysqlS.5....Tc/usr/bin/mysql_find_rowsS.5....Tc/usr/bin/mysqlaccess

Thecharacterintheaboveoutputdenotesthefollowing:

SfileSizediffersMModediffers(includespermissionsandfiletype)5MD5sumdiffersDDevicemajor/minornumbermismatchLreadlink(2)pathmismatchUUserownershipdiffersGGroupownershipdiffersTmTimediffers

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12.VerifyaPackageOwningfileusingrpmVf

Thefollowingcommandverifythepackagewhichownsthegivenfilename.

#rpmVf/usr/bin/mysqlaccessS.5....Tc/usr/bin/mysql#

13.UpgradingaRPMPackageusingrpmUvh

Upgradingapackageissimilartoinstallingone,butRPMautomaticallyuninstallsexistingversionsofthepackagebeforeinstallingthenewone.Ifanoldversionofthepackageisnotfound,theupgradeoptionwillstillinstallit.

#rpmUvhMySQLclient3.23.571.i386.rpmPreparing... ###########################################[100%]1:MySQLclient###########################################

14.UninstallingaRPMPackageusingrpme

Toremoveaninstalledrpmpackageusingeasshownbelow.Afteruninstallation,youcanqueryusingrpmqaandverifytheuninstallation.

#rpmevMySQLclient

15.VerifyingalltheRPMPackagesusingrpmVa

Thefollowingcommandverifiesalltheinstalledpackages.

#rpmVaS.5....Tc/etc/issueS.5....Tc/etc/issue.netS.5....Tc/var/service/imap/ssl/seedS.5....Tc/home/httpd/html/horde/ingo/config/backends.php..S.5....Tc/home/httpd/html/horde/ingo/config/prefs.phpS.5....Tc/etc/printcap

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{26commentsaddone}

JoshJuly7,2010,12:12pm

On#4itappearsyouhaveatypo.Ithinkyouleftoffaclosebracket}afterthenamefield.

Youwrote:rpmqaqueryformat%{name%{version}%{release}%{size}\n

Shouldbe:rpmqaqueryformat%{name}%{version}%{release}%{size}\n

LinkJoshJuly7,2010,12:16pm

Oh,andatleastonmyRHEL4systems,therpmvflagisforverbose,Visforverify.

LinkdiptanupaulJuly8,2010,12:30am

Ihaveaproblemwithrpm.Irecentrlyinstalledonerpmbpowerd3.0b11inmysystemandlaterifoundthatidonotrequireit.butwheniremoveitusingrpme..itgivesanerror.Pleasesuggest[root@www~]#rpmqa|grepibpowerd3.0b11bpowerd3.0b11[root@www~]#rpmebpowerd3.0b11errorreadinginformationonservicebpowerd:Nosuchfileordirectoryerror:%postun(bpowerd3.0b11.i386)scriptletfailed,exitstatus1[root@www~]#rpmqa|grepibpowerd3.0b11bpowerd3.0b11[root@www~]#

Howtoremovethesamefromtherpmlist,Pleaseguide

LinkArjanJuly8,2010,12:56am

Ifyouaresurethebpowerdserviceisnotrunninganymore,youcouldttryrpmenopostunbpowerd3.0b11

LinkdiptanuJuly8,2010,1:55am

Arjan,Thanksalot.Itworked.Icompletelymissedtochecktheoptionwhilelookingoutforthesolution..Thanksagain

LinkBalaCJuly9,2010,7:52am

rpmqlpwasaworthyone.ineedthemmostly

LinkGautamKashyapAugust17,2010,12:49am

Gr8postisthereanywaytorollbacktheoldpackageafterupgradation???

LinkmanojNovember23,2010,6:30am

Theabovestuffisworthknowingforthosewhowanttoworkonlinux

LinkpsankarDecember13,2010,5:21am

pls,explaintomehowtounderstandrpmcommandsinlinuxRHEL5serverandhowwecangetallrpmpackagesanditscommandsforinstallationanduninstallwithitsownsys

LinkjmartinezJanuary24,2011,12:39pm

Prettygoodinformation.IaddedabookmarksinceImalwayslookingforoneofthesecommandsthroughouttheday.

Ididseeonemistake,however.rpmqigivesyouinformationaboutaninstalledpackage.

TheexampleyouusedwithrpmqipMySQLclient3.23.571.i386.rpmishowyougetinformationaboutapackagefromtheRPMfile.ThatswhytheInstallDateintheoutputshowsthatitsnotinstalled.Thepswitchtakesanrpmfileasitsargument.

LinkarunprakashNovember26,2011,2:42am

veryusefulexamples..thanksalot

LinkOpenSourceDecember5,2011,3:02am

#11.VerifyaParticularRPMPackageusingrpmvp

itshouldbeV(incaps)andnotv(inlowercase)

VerifyoptionV(caps)=================rpm{V|verify}

v(smallcase)============vPrintverboseinformationnormallyroutineprogressmessageswillbedisplayed

LinkRameshNatarajanFebruary8,2012,11:09am

@jmartinez,

Youareright.Thanksforpointingitout.Iveupdateditem#7accordingly.

@OpenSource,

Thanksforpointingitout.Ivefixedit.

LinksenthamilJuly21,2012,7:30am

allinformationveryusefull,thanks

LinkMadhuriNovember11,2012,12:14am

ExcellentInfo..AwesomeExplanationandveryuseful.

Regards.,Madhuri

LinkKannanNovember14,2012,3:41am

Hi,

Pleaseletmeknowthathowtologinwithpostgresql@redhatlinux.

RegardsKannan

LinknareenJanuary22,2013,5:08am

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LinkphaniApril1,2013,1:50pm

Goodarticle

thanks

LinkAbhinavAugust22,2013,2:40am

awesomearticle!!

LinkmadhuAugust23,2013,12:55am

Superbarticle!Veryuseful!

LinkTimApril28,2014,5:23pm

VeryinterestingbutonecommandescapemeIwanttoknowwhatprogramsuseaparticularpackage/dependency?EG.Iinstallaprogram,yum(orrpm)identifiesthedependenciesthisprogramrequiresandinstallsthemalongwiththeprogram.

IfIhaveapackagewhichisadependencyhowdoIfindoutwhatotherprogramsneedthispackage?AtthemomentIhavex86&64bitversionsofmediainfowhichiscausingyumupdatemanyproblems!

Cheers

LinkAnonymousJuly2,2014,1:00am

Goodpost..

LinkniranjanaAugust4,2014,10:58pm

howtoinstallrpmpackageinubuntu.ialreadytriedmanycommandsbutnotworkout

LinkgauravAugust29,2014,9:59pm

HiRamesh,

HowdoIcreatearpmpackagetoinstallbunchrpmsfromavendorwithpreandpostbashscripttodosomecustomconfigchecks?

LinkarunOctober20,2014,9:00pm

HiRamesh,IsthereanywaytomodifyRPMmetadatalikeBuilddate,version,Installdate?

Arun

LinkJalalHajigholamaliApril21,2015,9:41pm

Hi,Verynicearticlethanksalot

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