RPM Command cheat sheet to Install, Uninstall, Upgrade, Query RPM Packages

RPM command is used for installing, uninstalling, upgrading, querying, listing, and checking RPM packages on your Linux system.

RPM stands for Red Hat Package Manager.

With root privilege, you can use the rpm command with appropriate options to manage the RPM software packages.

Syntax Description
rpm -ivh {rpm-file} Install the package
rpm -Uvh {rpm-file} Upgrade package
rpm -ev {package} Erase/remove/ an installed package
rpm -ev --nodeps {package} Erase/remove/ an installed package without checking for dependencies
rpm -qa Display list all installed packages
rpm -qi {package} Display installed information along with package version and short description
rpm -qf {/path/to/file} Find out what package a file belongs to i.e. find what package owns the file
rpm -qc {pacakge-name} Display list of configuration file(s) for a package
rpm -qcf {/path/to/file} Display list of configuration files for a command
rpm -qa --last Display list of all recently installed RPMs
rpm -qpR {.rpm-file} Find out what dependencies a rpm file has
rpm -qR {package}

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