Below are the most commonly used rpm commands that can be used with RHEL-6,7 and 8.
| files and directories | /var/lib/rpm |
| Displaying | rpm -qa # all packages rpm -q # single package rpm -qf # file belongs rpm -qi <package> # very detailed rpm -ql <package> # list files in a package |
| Installing and Removing | rpm -Uhv # updates/installs if not already) rpm -ihv # install rpm -e <package> # remove |
| Verifying | rpm -V <package> |
Yellowdog Updater, Modified (YUM) has been around for a while and is supported in RHEL 6, 7 and 8.
| Files and Directories | /etc/yum.repos.d |
| Repositories | yum repoinfo list yum repolist yum repo-pkgs <repo> list yum --enablerepo=<repo> # enable a repository yum --disablerepo=<repo> # disable a repository |
| Queries | yum list available # list all available packages yum list installed # list all installed packages yum list all # list all available and installed packages yum list kernel # list all available and installed kernel packages yum info <package> # information about a package yum deplist <package # list dependencies of a package yum provides <command> # find package that proides the specific command yum search <package> # search for a package yum updateinfo security # get updates on security packages yum --changelog <package> # display changelog of a specific package yum grouplist # get a list of all the package groups yum groupinfo <group> # get information about a specific group |
| Maintain and Features | yum clean <package> # delete package in cache yum clean all # clean all packages from cache yum check # check the yum db yum history list # list all yum previous commands |
| Install/Remove/Upgrade | yum install <package> # install a specific package yum update <package> # update a specific package yum reinstall <package> # reinstall a specific package yum erase <package> # remove a specific package yum groupinstall <group> # install a specific group package |
| Other useful commands | yum find-repos-of-install # find which repo a package comes from yum repotrack <package> # download a specific package with its dependencies yum show-installed # list installed RPM packages and stats yumdownloader <package> # download the specific package to current directory yum install --downloadonly <package> # download but don't install specific package |
Dandified YUM (DNF) is the new package manager for RHEL 8 onwards
| Files and Directories | /etc/dnf/dnf.conf /etc/yum.repos.d |
| Repositories | dnf repolist # list repos dnf repoquery # searches DNF repos dnf config-manager --add-repo=<URL> # add a remote repo dnf repository-packages repo-id remove # remove all packages from specific repo |
| Queries | dnf list --all # list all installed dnf list <expression> # use expression to list installed packages dnf list <one of the below> # various list options [--installed|--available|--extras|--obsoletes|--recent|--upgrades] dnf info <package> # display information about a specific package dnf provides <file> # find what packages has specific file dnf search <term> # search for a term in a package dnf group summary <group # overview of what groups are installed or available dnf group info <group> # show package list of a group dnf group list <group> # list all matching groups |
| Maintainance and Features | dnf history list # list dnf history commands dnf history redo <transaction> # redo a specific dnf command dnf history rollback <transaction> # rollback a specific command dnf history undo <transaction> # undo a specific command |
| Install/Remove/Upgrade | dnf install <package> # install a specific package dnf reinstall <package> # reinstall a specific package dnf remove <package> # remove a specific package dnf erase <package> # remove a specific package dnf autoremove # uninstall orphaned packages dnf check-update # check if updates are available dnf upgrade # update packages to latest version dnf group install <group> # install a specific group dnf group remove <group> # remove a specific group dnf group upgrade <group> # upgrade a specific group |