Comments on: RPM Command: 15 Examples to Install, Uninstall, Upgrade, Query RPM Packages

By: Ramesh Natarajan

Ramesh Natarajan — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:09:47 +0000

@j martinez,

You are right. Thanks for pointing it out. I’ve updated item#7 accordingly.

@Open Source,

Thanks for pointing it out. I’ve fixed it.

By: Open Source

Open Source — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 09:02:31 +0000

#11. Verify a Particular RPM Package using rpm -vp

it should be -V (in caps) and not -v (in lower case)

Verify option -V (caps)
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rpm {-V|–verify}

-v (small case)
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-v Print verbose information – normally routine progress messages will be displayed

By: arun prakash

arun prakash — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 08:42:12 +0000

very useful examples..thanks a lot…

By: j martinez

j martinez — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 18:39:06 +0000

Pretty good information. I added a bookmark since I’m always looking for one of these commands throughout the day.

I did see one mistake, however. “rpm -qi” gives you information about an installed package.

The example you used with “rpm -qip MySQL-client-3.23.57-1.i386.rpm” is how you get information about a package from the RPM file. That’s why the Install Date in the output shows that it’s not installed. The -p switch takes an rpm file as its argument.

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By: p sankar

p sankar — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 11:21:53 +0000

pls, explain to me how to understand rpm commands in linux RHEL 5 server
and how we can get all rpm packages and its commands for installation and uninstall with its own sys

By: manoj

manoj — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 12:30:44 +0000

The above stuff is worth knowing for those who want to work on linux

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By: Gautam Kashyap

Gautam Kashyap — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 06:49:51 +0000

Gr8 post……………is there any way to rollback the old package after upgradation???

By: BalaC

BalaC — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 13:52:22 +0000

rpm -qlp was a worthy one. i need them mostly