RPM

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Common RPM Tasks

Below are the common tasks I do with RPM.

List installed packages

 rpm -qa

Look for a specific package by name

 rpm -qi <package name>

Determine the origin of a file

 rpm -qf <path to file>

eg: 

 # rpm -qf /etc/hosts
 setup-2.8.14-10.el6.noarch

Remove a package with a broken uninstall script

 rpm -e --noscripts <package>

Troubleshooting

Warning: RPMDB altered outside of yum.

If you ever get the error: 

Warning: RPMDB altered outside of yum.

... it probably means that you ran rpm. To fix this warning, clear yum's cache and force a rebuild by running: 

 yum clean all
 yum makecache