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>3.11. How to use RPM Commands</A
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> This section contains an overview of principal modes using with <SPAN
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>RPM</SPAN
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> for installing, uninstalling, upgrading, querying, listing, and checking <SPAN
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> packages on your Linux
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system. You must be familiar with these <SPAN
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>RPM</SPAN
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> commands now because we'll use them often in the continuation of this book.
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To install a RPM package, use the command:
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> [root@deep] /#<B
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>rpm</B
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> -ivh foo-1.0-2.i386.rpm
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Take a note that <SPAN
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>RPM</SPAN
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> packages have a file of names like <TT
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>foo-1.0-2.i386.rpm,</TT
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> which include the package name (foo), version (1.0), release (2), and architecture (i386).
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> To uninstall a RPM package, use the command:
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> [root@deep] /#<B
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>rpm</B
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> -e foo
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Notice that we used the package name <TT
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>foo,</TT
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> not the name of the original package file <TT
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>foo-1.0-2.i386.rpm.</TT
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> To upgrade a RPM package, use the command:
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> [root@deep] /#<B
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>rpm</B
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> -Uvh foo-1.0-2.i386.rpm
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With this command, <SPAN
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>RPM</SPAN
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> automatically uninstall the old version of <TT
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>foo</TT
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> package and install the new one. Always
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use <TT
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>rpm -Uvh</B
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> to install packages, since it works fine even when there are no previous versions of the package installed.
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> To query a RPM package, use the command:
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> [root@deep] /#<B
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>rpm</B
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> -q foo
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This command will print the package name, version, and release number of installed package <TT
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>foo.</TT
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> Use this command to verify that a package is or is not installed on your system.
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> To display package information, use the command:
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> [root@deep] /#<B
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>rpm</B
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> -qi foo
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This command display package information; includes name, version, and description of the installed program. Use this command to get information about the installed package.
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> To list files in package, use the command:
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> [root@deep] /#<B
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>rpm</B
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This command will list all files in a installed <SPAN
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> package. It works only when the package is already installed on your system.
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> To check a RPM signature package, use the command:
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> [root@deep] /#<B
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This command checks the <SPAN
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> signature of specified package to ensure its integrity and origin. Always use this command first before installing new
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<SPAN
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> package on your system. Also, <SPAN
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>GnuPG</SPAN
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> or <SPAN
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> software must be already installed on your system before you can use this command.
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