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You can query RPMs for information about the packages and you can
query the rpm database about files on the system. The general form
of an rpm query is:
rpm -q {query-options]
Some of the more popular forms are;
To find out the contents of a package, or which files and where they
were put on the system.
rpm -qpl <package_file>
To query a file to find out what package it came from.
rpm -qf <file_name>
There are many options for querying packages and the database.
- -a
- Query all installed packages
- -whatrequires
- <capability> Query all packages that requires <capability>
for proper functioning.
- -whatprovides
- <virtual> Query all packages that provide the <virtual>
capability.
- -f
- <file> Query package owning <file>.
- -requiredby
- <package> Query all of the package which contain triggers
scripts that are triggered by <package>.
- -p
- <package_file> Query an (uninstalled) package <package_file>.
The <package_file> may be specified as an ftp style URL, in which
case the package header will be down- loaded and queried. See FTP
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