How can I tell what version of an rpm is installed?

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How can I tell what version of an rpm is installed?

If you want to know the version of an installed package : rpm -q YOURPACKAGE This works on all RPM systems.

How do I check RPM packages?

To view all the files of an installed rpm packages, use the -ql (query list) with rpm command.

How do I find out what RPM packages are installed on Linux?

List or Count Installed RPM Packages

  1. If you are on a RPM-based Linux platform (such as Redhat, CentOS, Fedora, ArchLinux, Scientific Linux, etc.), here are two ways to determine the list of packages installed. Using yum:
  2. yum list installed. Using rpm:
  3. rpm -qa.
  4. yum list installed | wc -l.
  5. rpm -qa | wc -l.

What is RPM version?

RPM is a powerful software manager which can be used to build, install, query, verify, update, and uninstall individual software packages. An RPM package consists of an archive of files, and package information such as name, version, a description and information about dependencies on other RPM packages.

How do I list the contents of an RPM package?

The following command will list all the files inside an RPM package:

  1. $ rpm -qlp ./path/to/test.rpm.
  2. $ rpm -qlpv ./packagecloud-test-1.1-1.x86_64.rpm -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 8286 Jul 16 2014 /usr/local/bin/packagecloud_hello.
  3. $ rpm -ql packagecloud-test.
  4. $ rpm2cpio ./packagecloud-test-1.1-1.x86_64.rpm.

How do I extract an RPM package?

Unpacking RPM packages

  1. Obtain the package.
  2. Go to your home directory: cd.
  3. Unpack the package: rpm2cpio myrpmfile.rpm | cpio -idmv.
  4. (Only once) Add ~/usr/bin to your PATH environment variable and add ~/usr/lib64 to your LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable.

What is Linux RPM package?

What is an RPM package? RPM stands for Red Hat Package Manager. It was developed by Red Hat and is primarily used on Red Hat-based Linux operating systems (Fedora, CentOS, RHEL, etc.). An RPM package uses the . rpm extension and is a bundle (a collection) of different files.

What is yum option?

yum stands for “Yellowdog Updater Modified”. It can automatically perform system updates, including dependency analysis and obsolete processing based on “repository” metadata.