RPM
From Leo's Notes
This page was last edited on 21 April 2013, at 23:57.
To list installed packages:
rpm -qa
To look for a specific package by name:
rpm -qi <package name>
To determine the origin of a file:
rpm -qf <path to file>
eg:
# rpm -qf /etc/hosts setup-2.8.14-10.el6.noarch
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