Package Management (rpm)

Package Names and Versioning

(package-name)-(source-version)-(package-version).(hardware-platform).rpm

For example: bash-1.14.7-22.i386.rpm

Red Hat Package Manager (rpm)

Installing a Package: rpm -i mirrordir-0.10.48-1.i386.rpm

upgrading a Package: rpm -U mirrordir-0.10.49-1.i386.rpm

Deleting (uninstalling) a Package: rpm -e mirrordir

Package Queries: From database with file list for each package.

To get a list of all packages ( query all, llist): rpm -qa

To search for a package name: rpm -qa | grep

Existence of a package: rpm -q

Info on a package ( query info, status): rpm -qi

list libraries and other packages required by a package: rpm -qR

To find out what package a file belongs to: rpm -qf
For example: rpm -qf /lib/libc.so.6