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rpm
-ivh package_name-version.platform.rpm
(as root) Install a package (option "i", must be the first letter after
the dash), while talking to me a lot (option "v'=verbose) and printing
"hashes" to show installation progress (option "h"). rpm stands for "Redhat
Package Manager".
rpm -Uvh
package_name-version.platform.rpm
(as root) Upgrade (option "U", must be the first letter after the dash)
a package, while being verbose (option "v") and displaying hashes ("h").
rpm -ivh
--force --nodep package_name-version.platform.rpm
(as root) Install the package ignoring any possible conflicts and package
dependency problems.
rpm -e
package_name
(as root) Uninstall (option "e"=erase) the package package_name. Please
note the absence of "-version.platform.rpm" at the end of the package
name (the package name is the same as the name of the *.rpm file from
which the package was installed but without the dash, version, platform
and "rpm").
rpm -qpi
package_name-version.platform.rpm
Query (option "q", must be the first letter after the dash) the yet uninstalled
package (option "p") so that it displays the info (option "i") which the
package contains.
rpm -qpl
package_name-version.platform.rpm
Query (option "q", must be the first letter after the dash) the yet uninstalled
package (option "p") so that it displays the listing (option "l") of all
the files the package contains.
rpm -qf
a_file
Find the name of the installed package to which the file "a_file" belongs
or belonged. Useful if I accidentally erased a file and now I need to
find the right package and re-install it.
rpm -qi
package_name
Query the already installed package so that it displays the info about
itself. Please note the absence of "-version.platform.rpm" at the
end of the package name.
rpm -qai
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Query all the packages installed on my system so that they display
their info. On my simple system, I have ~600 packages installed so obviously,
I must have a lot of time to read all their info. To count your
packages, try:
rpm -qa | grep -c ''
To find a particular package, try:
rpm -qa | grep -i the_string_to_find
(The option -i makes grep ignore the case of the characters, so upper
or lower case letters will match.)
rpm -Va
Verify (the option "V") all the packages (option "a") installed on my
system. This lists files that were modified since the installation. Here
is the legend for the output:
. Test passed
c This is a configuration file
5 MD5 checksum failed
S File size is different
L Symbolic link has changed
T File modification time changed
D Device file is modified
U User that owns the file has changed
G Group that owns the file has changed
M File mode (permissions and/or file
type) has been modified
kpackage
gnorpm
glint
(in X terminal, as root if you want to be able to install packages, 3
commands) GUI fronts to the Red Hat Package Manager (rpm). "glint" comes
with RH5.2 and seems obsolete now. gnorpm is the "official" RedHat
GUI package installer, older versions are very slow and confusing but
the newer version (the one that comes with RH7.0) is vastly improved.
kpackage is the "official" KDE program and has been pretty good
all along. Use any of them to view which software packages are installed
on your system and the what not-yet-installed packages are available on
your RedHat CD, display the info about the packages, and install them
if you want (installation must be done as root).
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