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rpm

RPM Package Manager

• Show version of httpd package:

rpm -q {{httpd}}

• List versions of all matching packages:

rpm -qa '{{mariadb*}}'

• Identify owner of a file and show version of the package:

rpm -qf {{/etc/postfix/main.cf}}

• List package-owned files:

rpm -ql {{kernel}}

• List configuration, then only documentation files of httpd:

rpm -qlc {{httpd}} rpm -qld {{httpd}}

• show contents of an RPM file:

rpm -qlp {{some.rpm}}

• Show scriptlets from an RPM file:

rpm -qp --scripts {{some.rpm}}

• Show capabilities provided by an RPM file

rpm -qp --provides {{some.rpm}}

• Show capabilities needed by an RPM file

rpm -qp --requires {{some.rpm}}

• Show changed, missing and/or incorrectly installed files of matching packages:

rpm -Va '{{php-*}}'A

• Show metadata about a package's files "intended" properties:

rpm --dump -q {{php-pear}}