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RPM Package Manager

12-05-2024

Package commands

List installed packages:

  yum list installed

or:

  dnf list installed

Install package ‘pkg.rpm’:

  rpm -i <pkg.rpm>

or:

  dnf install <pkg.rpm>

Get name of installed package that contains ‘file’:
```
  rpm -qf <file>
```
List files of installed package ‘pkg’:
```
  rpm -ql <pkg>
```

Repository commands

Update list of available packages:
```
  yum check-update
```
or:
```
  dnf check-update
```
Update packages with newer versions:
```
  yum upgrade
```
or:
```
  dnf upgrade
```
Install package ‘pkg’:
```
  yum install <pkg>
```
or:
```
  dnf install <pkg>
```

Reinstall package ‘pkg’:

  yum reinstall <pkg>

or:

  dnf reinstall <pkg>

Uninstall package ‘pkg’:
```
  yum remove <pkg>
```
or:
```
  dnf remove <pkg>
```
Install a specific version of package ‘pkg’:
```
  yum install <pkg>-1.0
```
or:
```
  dnf install <pkg>-1.0
```
Install packages needed to build ‘pkg’ from source:
```
  yum builddep <pkg>
```
or:
```
  dnf builddep <pkg>
```

Search

Search packages whose name and description contains ‘string’:
```
  yum search all <string>
```
or:
```
  dnf search all <string>
```
Search packages whose name contains ‘string’:
```
  yum search <string>
```
or:
```
  dnf search <string>
```

Search packages that contain ‘file’:

  yum provides <file>

or:

  dnf provides <file>

Show information about package ‘pkg’:
```
  yum info <pkg>
```
or:
```
  dnf info <pkg>
```

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