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RPM(8)                      System Manager's Manual                     RPM(8)

NAME
       rpm - RPM Package Manager
SYNOPSIS
   QUERYING AND VERIFYING PACKAGES:
       rpm {-q|--query} [select-options] [query-options]

       rpm {-V|--verify} [select-options] [verify-options]


   INSTALLING, UPGRADING, AND REMOVING PACKAGES:
       rpm {-i|--install} [install-options] PACKAGE_FILE ...

       rpm {-U|--upgrade} [install-options] PACKAGE_FILE ...

       rpm {-F|--freshen} [install-options] PACKAGE_FILE ...

       rpm {-e|--erase} [--allmatches] [--justdb] [--nodeps] [--noscripts]
           [--notriggers] [--test] PACKAGE_NAME ...

   MISCELLANEOUS:
       rpm {--querytags|--showrc}

       rpm {--setperms|--setugids} PACKAGE_NAME ...

   select-options
        [PACKAGE_NAME] [-a,--all] [-f,--file FILE]
        [-g,--group GROUP] {-p,--package PACKAGE_FILE]
        [--hdrid SHA1] [--pkgid MD5] [--tid TID]
        [--querybynumber HDRNUM] [--triggeredby PACKAGE_NAME]
        [--whatprovides CAPABILITY] [--whatrequires CAPABILITY]

   query-options
        [--changelog] [-c,--configfiles] [--conflicts]
        [-d,--docfiles] [--dump] [--filesbypkg] [-i,--info]
        [--last] [-l,--list] [--obsoletes] [--provides]
        [--qf,--queryformat QUERYFMT] [-R,--requires]
        [--scripts] [-s,--state] [--triggers,--triggerscripts]

   verify-options
        [--nodeps] [--nofiles] [--noscripts]
        [--nodigest] [--nosignature]
        [--nolinkto] [--nofiledigest] [--nosize] [--nouser]
        [--nogroup] [--nomtime] [--nomode] [--nordev]
        [--nocaps] [--noconfig] [--noghost]

   install-options
        [--allfiles] [--badreloc] [--excludepath OLDPATH]
        [--excludedocs] [--force] [-h,--hash]
        [--ignoresize] [--ignorearch] [--ignoreos]
        [--includedocs] [--justdb] [--nocollections]
        [--nodeps] [--nodigest] [--nosignature] [--noplugins]
        [--noorder] [--noscripts] [--notriggers]
        [--oldpackage] [--percent] [--prefix NEWPATH]
        [--relocate OLDPATH=NEWPATH]
        [--replacefiles] [--replacepkgs]
        [--test]

DESCRIPTION
       rpm is a powerful Package Manager, which can be used to build, install,
       query, verify, update, and erase individual software packages.  A pack-
       age  consists  of an archive of files and meta-data used to install and
       erase the archive files. The meta-data includes  helper  scripts,  file
       attributes,  and  descriptive  information about the package.  Packages
       come in two varieties: binary packages, used to encapsulate software to
       be  installed,  and  source  packages,  containing  the source code and
       recipe necessary to produce binary packages.
       One of the following basic  modes  must  be  selected:  Query,  Verify,
       Install/Upgrade/Freshen/Reinstall,  Uninstall,  Set Owners/Groups, Show
       Querytags, and Show Configuration.
   GENERAL OPTIONS
       These options can be used in all the different modes.
       -?, --help
              Print a longer usage message then normal.
       --version
              Print a single line containing the version number of  rpm  being
              used.
       --quiet
              Print  as little as possible - normally only error messages will
              be displayed.
       -v     Print verbose information - normally routine  progress  messages
              will be displayed.
       -vv    Print lots of ugly debugging information.
       --rcfile FILELIST
              Each  of  the  files  in  the  colon  separated FILELIST is read
              sequentially by rpm for  configuration  information.   Only  the
              first  file  in the list must exist, and tildes will be expanded
              to   the   value   of   $HOME.    The   default   FILELIST    is
              /usr/lib/rpm/rpmrc:/usr/lib/rpm/red-
              hat/rpmrc:/etc/rpmrc:~/.rpmrc.
       --pipe CMD
              Pipes the output of rpm to the command CMD.
       --dbpath DIRECTORY
              Use the database in  DIRECTORY  rather  than  the  default  path
              /var/lib/rpm
       --root DIRECTORY
              Use the file system tree rooted at DIRECTORY for all operations.
              Note that this means the database within DIRECTORY will be  used
              for  dependency  checks  and  any  scriptlet(s)  (e.g.  %post if
              installing, or %prep if building, a package) will be run after a
              chroot(2) to DIRECTORY.
       -D, --define='MACRO EXPR'
              Defines MACRO with value EXPR.
       --undefine='MACRO'
              Undefines MACRO.
       -E, --eval='EXPR'
              Prints macro expansion of EXPR.
   INSTALL AND UPGRADE OPTIONS
       In  these  options, PACKAGE_FILE can be either rpm binary file or ASCII
       package manifest (see PACKAGE SELECTION OPTIONS), and may be  specified
       as  an  ftp  or  http URL, in which case the package will be downloaded
       before being installed. See FTP/HTTP OPTIONS for information  on  rpm's
       internal ftp and http client support.
       The general form of an rpm install command is
       rpm {-i|--install} [install-options] PACKAGE_FILE ...
       This installs a new package.
       The general form of an rpm upgrade command is
       rpm {-U|--upgrade} [install-options] PACKAGE_FILE ...
       This  upgrades  or  installs the package currently installed to a newer
       version.  This is the same as install, except all other  version(s)  of
       the package are removed after the new package is installed.
       rpm {-F|--freshen} [install-options] PACKAGE_FILE ...
       This  will upgrade packages, but only ones for which an earlier version
       is installed.
       The general form of an rpm reinstall command is
       rpm {--reinstall} [install-options] PACKAGE_FILE ...
       This reinstalls a previously installed package.
       --allfiles
              Installs or upgrades all the missingok  files  in  the  package,
              regardless if they exist.
       --badreloc
              Used  with --relocate, permit relocations on all file paths, not
              just those OLDPATH's included in the binary  package  relocation
              hint(s).
       --excludepath OLDPATH
              Don't install files whose name begins with OLDPATH.
       --excludedocs
              Don't install any files which are marked as documentation (which
              includes man pages and texinfo documents).
       --force
              Same as using --replacepkgs, --replacefiles, and --oldpackage.
       -h, --hash
              Print 50 hash marks as the package  archive  is  unpacked.   Use
              with -v|--verbose for a nicer display.
       --ignoresize
              Don't  check mount file systems for sufficient disk space before
              installing this package.
       --ignorearch
              Allow installation or upgrading even if the architectures of the
              binary package and host don't match.
       --ignoreos
              Allow installation or upgrading even if the operating systems of
              the binary package and host don't match.
       --includedocs
              Install documentation files. This is the default behavior.
       --justdb
              Update only the database, not the filesystem.
       --nodigest
              Don't verify package or header digests when reading.
       --nomanifest
              Don't process non-package files as manifests.
       --nosignature
              Don't verify package or header signatures when reading.
       --nodeps
              Don't do a dependency check before  installing  or  upgrading  a
              package.
       --noorder
              Don't  reorder the packages for an install. The list of packages
              would normally be reordered to satisfy dependencies.
       --noplugins
              Do not load and execute plugins.
       --noscripts
       --nopre
       --nopost
       --nopreun
       --nopostun
              Don't execute the scriptlet of the same name.   The  --noscripts
              option is equivalent to
              --nopre --nopost --nopreun --nopostun
              and  turns  off  the execution of the corresponding %pre, %post,
              %preun, and %postun scriptlet(s).
       --notriggers
       --notriggerin
       --notriggerun
       --notriggerprein
       --notriggerpostun
              Don't execute any trigger scriptlet  of  the  named  type.   The
              --notriggers option is equivalent to
              --notriggerprein --notriggerin --notriggerun --notriggerpostun
              and  turns  off  execution  of  the corresponding %triggerprein,
              %triggerin, %triggerun, and %triggerpostun scriptlet(s).
       --oldpackage
              Allow an upgrade to replace a newer package with an older one.
       --percent
              Print percentages as files are unpacked  from  the  package  ar-
              chive.   This  is  intended  to  make rpm easy to run from other
              tools.
       --prefix NEWPATH
              For relocatable binary packages, translate all file  paths  that
              start  with  the  installation  prefix in the package relocation
              hint(s) to NEWPATH.
       --relocate OLDPATH=NEWPATH
              For relocatable binary packages, translate all file  paths  that
              start with OLDPATH in the package relocation hint(s) to NEWPATH.
              This option can be used repeatedly if several OLDPATH's  in  the
              package are to be relocated.
       --replacefiles
              Install  the  packages  even  if  they replace files from other,
              already installed, packages.
       --replacepkgs
              Install the packages even if some of them are already  installed
              on this system.
       --test Do  not  install the package, simply check for and report poten-
              tial conflicts.
   ERASE OPTIONS
       The general form of an rpm erase command is
       rpm {-e|--erase}  [--allmatches]  [--justdb]  [--nodeps]  [--noscripts]
       [--notriggers] [--test] PACKAGE_NAME ...

       The following options may also be used:
       --allmatches
              Remove  all  versions  of  the package which match PACKAGE_NAME.
              Normally an error is issued  if  PACKAGE_NAME  matches  multiple
              packages.
       --justdb
              Update only the database, not the filesystem.
       --nodeps
              Don't check dependencies before uninstalling the packages.
       --noscripts
       --nopreun
       --nopostun
              Don't  execute  the scriptlet of the same name.  The --noscripts
              option during package erase is equivalent to
              --nopreun --nopostun
              and turns off the execution of  the  corresponding  %preun,  and
              %postun scriptlet(s).
       --notriggers
       --notriggerun
       --notriggerpostun
              Don't  execute  any  trigger  scriptlet  of the named type.  The
              --notriggers option is equivalent to
              --notriggerun --notriggerpostun
              and turns off execution of  the  corresponding  %triggerun,  and
              %triggerpostun scriptlet(s).
       --test Don't  really  uninstall  anything, just go through the motions.
              Useful in conjunction with the -vv option for debugging.
   QUERY OPTIONS
       The general form of an rpm query command is
       rpm {-q|--query} [select-options] [query-options]

       You may specify the format that package information should  be  printed
       in. To do this, you use the
        --qf|--queryformat QUERYFMT
       option, followed by the QUERYFMT format string.  Query formats are mod-
       ified versions of the standard printf(3) formatting. The format is made
       up  of  static  strings (which may include standard C character escapes
       for newlines, tabs, and other special characters)  and  printf(3)  type
       formatters.  As rpm already knows the type to print, the type specifier
       must be omitted however, and replaced by the name of the header tag  to
       be  printed, enclosed by {} characters. Tag names are case insensitive,
       and the leading RPMTAG_ portion of the tag name may be omitted as well.
       Alternate output formats may be requested by  following  the  tag  with
       :typetag.  Currently, the following types are supported:
       :armor Wrap a public key in ASCII armor.
       :arraysize
              Display number of elements in array tags.
       :base64
              Encode binary data using base64.
       :date  Use strftime(3) "%c" format.
       :day   Use strftime(3) "%a %b %d %Y" format.
       :depflags
              Format dependency comparison operator.
       :deptype
              Format dependency type.
       :expand
              Perform macro expansion.
       :fflags
              Format file flags.
       :fstate
              Format file state.
       :fstatus
              Format file verify status.
       :hex   Format in hexadecimal.
       :octal Format in octal.
       :perms Format file permissions.
       :pgpsig
              Display signature fingerprint and time.
       :shescape
              Escape single quotes for use in a script.
       :triggertype
              Display trigger suffix.
       :vflags
              File verification flags.
       :xml   Wrap data in simple xml markup.
       For example, to print only the names of the packages queried, you could
       use %{NAME} as the format string.  To print the packages name and  dis-
       tribution information in two columns, you could use %-30{NAME}%{DISTRI-
       BUTION}.  rpm will print a list of all of the tags it knows about  when
       it is invoked with the --querytags argument.
       There  are  two subsets of options for querying: package selection, and
       information selection.
   PACKAGE SELECTION OPTIONS:
       PACKAGE_NAME
              Query installed package named PACKAGE_NAME.
       -a, --all
              Query all installed packages.
       -f, --file FILE
              Query package owning FILE.
       -g, --group GROUP
              Query packages with the group of GROUP.
       --hdrid SHA1
              Query package that contains a given header identifier, i.e.  the
              SHA1 digest of the immutable header region.
       -p, --package PACKAGE_FILE
              Query  an  (uninstalled) package PACKAGE_FILE.  The PACKAGE_FILE
              may be specified as an ftp or http style URL, in which case  the
              package  header  will  be  downloaded and queried.  See FTP/HTTP
              OPTIONS for information on rpm's internal ftp  and  http  client
              support.  The PACKAGE_FILE argument(s), if not a binary package,
              will be interpreted as an ASCII package manifest unless --noman-
              ifest  option  is  used.   In manifests, comments are permitted,
              starting with a '#', and each line of a  package  manifest  file
              may  include  white  space separated glob expressions, including
              URL's, that will be expanded to paths that  are  substituted  in
              place  of  the package manifest as additional PACKAGE_FILE argu-
              ments to the query.
       --pkgid MD5
              Query package that contains a given package identifier, i.e. the
              MD5 digest of the combined header and payload contents.
       --querybynumber HDRNUM
              Query  the HDRNUMth database entry directly; this is useful only
              for debugging.
       --specfile SPECFILE
              Parse and query SPECFILE as if it were a package.  Although  not
              all the information (e.g. file lists) is available, this type of
              query permits rpm to be used to extract  information  from  spec
              files without having to write a specfile parser.
       --tid TID
              Query package(s) that have a given TID transaction identifier. A
              unix time stamp is currently used as a  transaction  identifier.
              All  package(s)  installed or erased within a single transaction
              have a common identifier.
       --triggeredby PACKAGE_NAME
              Query packages that are triggered by package(s) PACKAGE_NAME.
       --whatprovides CAPABILITY
              Query all packages that provide the CAPABILITY capability.
       --whatrequires CAPABILITY
              Query all packages that require CAPABILITY for proper  function-
              ing.
   PACKAGE QUERY OPTIONS:
       --changelog
              Display change information for the package.
       -c, --configfiles
              List only configuration files (implies -l).
       --conflicts
              List capabilities this package conflicts with.
       -d, --docfiles
              List only documentation files (implies -l).
       --dump Dump file information as follows (implies -l):

              path size mtime digest mode owner group isconfig isdoc rdev symlink

       --filesbypkg
              List all the files in each selected package.
       -i, --info
              Display   package  information,  including  name,  version,  and
              description.  This uses the --queryformat if one was specified.
       --last Orders the package listing by install time such that the  latest
              packages are at the top.
       -L, --licensefiles
              List only license files (implies -l).
       -l, --list
              List files in package.
       --obsoletes
              List packages this package obsoletes.
       --provides
              List capabilities this package provides.
       -R, --requires
              List capabilities on which this package depends.
       --scripts
              List  the package specific scriptlet(s) that are used as part of
              the installation and uninstallation processes.
       -s, --state
              Display the states of files in the package  (implies  -l).   The
              state of each file is one of normal, not installed, or replaced.
       --triggers, --triggerscripts
              Display  the trigger scripts, if any, which are contained in the
              package.
   VERIFY OPTIONS
       The general form of an rpm verify command is
       rpm {-V|--verify} [select-options] [verify-options]

       Verifying a package compares information about the installed  files  in
       the  package  with  information  about the files taken from the package
       metadata stored in the rpm database.   Among  other  things,  verifying
       compares  the  size, digest, permissions, type, owner and group of each
       file.  Any discrepancies are displayed.  Files that were not  installed
       from  the package, for example, documentation files excluded on instal-
       lation using the "--excludedocs" option, will be silently ignored.
       The package selection options are the  same  as  for  package  querying
       (including  package manifest files as arguments).  Other options unique
       to verify mode are:
       --nodeps
              Don't verify dependencies of packages.
       --nodigest
              Don't verify package or header digests when reading.
       --nofiles
              Don't verify any attributes of package files.
       --noconfig
              Don't verify config files.
       --noghost
              Don't display ghost files.
       --noscripts
              Don't execute the %verifyscript scriptlet (if any).
       --nosignature
              Don't verify package or header signatures when reading.
       --nolinkto
       --nofiledigest (formerly --nomd5)
       --nosize
       --nouser
       --nogroup
       --nomtime
       --nomode
       --nordev
              Don't verify the corresponding file attribute.
       The format of the output is  a  string  of  9  characters,  a  possible
       attribute marker:
       c %config configuration file.
       d %doc documentation file.
       g %ghost file (i.e. the file contents are not included in the package payload).
       l %license license file.
       r %readme readme file.
       from  the  package  header,  followed  by the file name.  Each of the 9
       characters denotes the result of a comparison of  attribute(s)  of  the
       file  to  the  value of those attribute(s) recorded in the database.  A
       single "." (period) means the test passed, while a single "?" (question
       mark)  indicates the test could not be performed (e.g. file permissions
       prevent reading). Otherwise, the  (mnemonically  emBoldened)  character
       denotes failure of the corresponding --verify test:
       S file Size differs
       M Mode differs (includes permissions and file type)
       5 digest (formerly MD5 sum) differs
       D Device major/minor number mismatch
       L readLink(2) path mismatch
       U User ownership differs
       G Group ownership differs
       T mTime differs
       P caPabilities differ

   MISCELLANEOUS COMMANDS
       rpm --showrc
              shows  the  values  rpm will use for all of the options are cur-
              rently set in rpmrc and macros configuration file(s).
       rpm --setperms PACKAGE_NAME
              sets permissions of files in the given package.
       rpm --setugids PACKAGE_NAME
              sets user/group ownership of files in the given package.
       Options --setperms and --setugids are mutually exclusive.

   FTP/HTTP OPTIONS
       rpm can act as an FTP and/or  HTTP  client  so  that  packages  can  be
       queried  or  installed  from  the internet.  Package files for install,
       upgrade, and query operations may be specified as an ftp or http  style
       URL:
       ftp://USER:PASSWORD@HOST:PORT/path/to/package.rpm
       If  the :PASSWORD portion is omitted, the password will be prompted for
       (once per user/hostname pair). If both the user and password are  omit-
       ted, anonymous ftp is used.  In all cases, passive (PASV) ftp transfers
       are performed.
       rpm allows the following options to be used with ftp URLs:
       --ftpproxy HOST
              The host HOST will be used as a proxy server for all ftp  trans-
              fers,  which allows users to ftp through firewall machines which
              use proxy systems. This option may also be specified by  config-
              uring the macro %_ftpproxy.
       --ftpport PORT
              The  TCP  PORT number to use for the ftp connection on the proxy
              ftp server instead of the default port. This option may also  be
              specified by configuring the macro %_ftpport.
       rpm allows the following options to be used with http URLs:
       --httpproxy HOST
              The host HOST will be used as a proxy server for all http trans-
              fers. This option may also be specified by configuring the macro
              %_httpproxy.
       --httpport PORT
              The  TCP PORT number to use for the http connection on the proxy
              http server instead of the default port. This option may also be
              specified by configuring the macro %_httpport.
LEGACY ISSUES
   Executing rpmbuild
       The  build  modes of rpm are now resident in the /usr/bin/rpmbuild exe-
       cutable.  Install the package containing rpmbuild  (usually  rpm-build)
       and see rpmbuild(8) for documentation of all the rpm build modes.
FILES
   rpmrc Configuration
       /usr/lib/rpm/rpmrc
       /usr/lib/rpm/redhat/rpmrc
       /etc/rpmrc
       ~/.rpmrc
   Macro Configuration
       /usr/lib/rpm/macros
       /usr/lib/rpm/redhat/macros
       /etc/rpm/macros
       ~/.rpmmacros
   Database
       /var/lib/rpm/Basenames
       /var/lib/rpm/Conflictname
       /var/lib/rpm/Dirnames
       /var/lib/rpm/Group
       /var/lib/rpm/Installtid
       /var/lib/rpm/Name
       /var/lib/rpm/Obsoletename
       /var/lib/rpm/Packages
       /var/lib/rpm/Providename
       /var/lib/rpm/Requirename
       /var/lib/rpm/Sha1header
       /var/lib/rpm/Sigmd5
       /var/lib/rpm/Triggername
   Temporary
       /var/tmp/rpm*
SEE ALSO
       popt(3),
       rpm2cpio(8),
       rpmbuild(8),
       rpmdb(8),
       rpmkeys(8),
       rpmsign(8),
       rpmspec(8),
       rpm  --help  - as rpm supports customizing the options via popt aliases
       it's impossible to  guarantee  that  what's  described  in  the  manual
       matches what's available.

       http://www.rpm.org/ <URL:http://www.rpm.org/>;
AUTHORS
       Marc Ewing <marc AT redhat.com>
       Jeff Johnson <jbj AT redhat.com>
       Erik Troan <ewt AT redhat.com>

Red Hat, Inc.                    09 June 2002                           RPM(8)