RPM

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• Package Management

Contents 1 install 2 uninstall 3 list file in RPM file 4 display info 5 List all installed packages 6 How to build RPMs

install

[root@localhost ~]# rpm -ivh myfile.rpm

[root@localhost ~]# rpm -Uvh myfile.rpm

uninstall

[root@localhost ~]# rpm -e myfile

• taken from http://www.faqs.org/docs/securing/chap3sec20.html

list file in RPM file

[root@localhost ~]# rpm -qpl myfile.rpm

display info

[root@localhost ~]# rpm -qi myfile

List all installed packages

[root@localhost ~]# yum list installed

[root@localhost ~]# rpm -qa

How to build RPMs

$ mkdir -p rpmbuild/SOURCES
$ mkdir -p rpmbuild/BUILD
$ mkdir -p rpmbuild/RESULT
$ mkdir -p rpmbuild/RPMS
$ mkdir -p rpmbuild/SPECS
$ mkdir -p rpmbuild/SRPMS
$ mkdir -p rpmbuild/RPMS/i386
$ mkdir -p rpmbuild/RPMS/i686
$ mkdir -p rpmbuild/RPMS/noarch
$ echo "%_topdir ${HOME}/rpmbuild" > ~/.rpmmacros
$ echo "# Set optional dist to taste, reflecting distribution" >> ~/.rpmmacros 
$ echo "#%dist   .bbc.c4"  >> ~/.rpmmacros
$ more ~/.rpmmacros