Resurrected Posts: Playing with RPM

RPM (Redhat Package Manager) is the basic packaging for most all packages found for RHEL and its clones. .

list of basic command

to install package:

rpm -Uvh <package name> # note: package can be an ftp url

to erase package:

rpm -e <package name> # note: if there are 2 packages with the same name try placing either a ".i386" or a ".x86_64". This is usually the case and it occurs when both the 64bit and 32bit versions are both installed

to query the rpm database:

rpm -q <package name> # note this will only match exact package names

the better way:

rpm -qa | grep -i <package name> 

rebuild the rpm database:

rpmdb --rebuilddb

build from srpm (src rpm): # note: this is the quick and dirty method

rpm -ivh <package name>.src.rpm
cd /usr/src/.../SPECS
rpmbuild -bb <package name>.spec
cd /usr/src/.../RPMS
rpm -Uvh <package name>.ARCH.rpm

# note: this is the quicker and dirtier method

rpmbuild --rebuild <package name>.src.rpm