LKP System Management

RPM commands

The following list provides a brief description and syntax for commonly used rpm commands.

To test install:

   rpm -ivh --test pkgname

To install:

   rpm -ivh pkgname

To uninstall:

   rpm -e pkgname

To update:

   rpm -Uvh pkgname

To freshen (similar to update, but only installs if previous version exists):

   rpm -Fvh pkgname

To query what version of a package is installed

   rpm -q pkgname

query package this file is part of

   rpm -qf filename

provide information about pkgname

   rpm -qfl pkgname

See rpm(8linux).