Redhat Package Manager

Redhat Package Manager(RPM)

RPM is a used for both installation and package format.

RPM packages were mainly created for redhat linux but now many linux distributions are using this

RPM is used to

->Install new package

->upgrage existing packages

->Remove installed applications

Query packages

RPM Label Pattern

Package Name-Package version.package architechture.package extension

Ex:Bind-9.3.3-7.el5.i386.rpm

Bind-package name ,9.3.3-7.el5-package version,i386-package architechture,rpm-package extension

Syntax of package

 [root@raju~]#rpm <option> <package name>  --force

Options:-

-i: to install package

-v: verbose

-h:Displays the progess in hashes

-U:to update existing package

--force:install package forcefully

-e:to remove package

--nodeps :to remove dependencies package

-q:query the availability of package

-qa:list all the installed packages

-qc:Displays the configuration files of the package

-qi-displays information of package

-ql:Displays all the files associated with the installed package

-qs:to check the status of package

For sharing the packages over a network we have to mount the packages

[root@raju~]#mkdir /mnt/packages

[root@raju~]#mount 192.168.0.254:/var/ftp/pub/Server  /mnt/packages

[root@raju~]#mount

[root@raju~]#cd/mnt/packages

[root@raju~]#ls

Displays all rpm packages under /mnt /packages

Examples:

Install and Upgrade the packages

[root@raju~]#rpm –ivh samba-* .rpm #to install the package with verbose and hash progress

[root@raju~]#rpm –i vsftpd-*.rpm   #to install the package

[root@raju~]#rpm –iv nfs*.rpm      #to install the package verbosefully

[root@raju~]#rpm –ivh pptpd*.rpm  --force  #to install the package with verbose, hash progress and forcefully

[root@raju~]#rpm –Uvh samba-*.rpm      #to upgrade the package with verbose and hash progress

Removal of  installed packages

[root@raju~]#rpm –e samba-* .rpm                          #to remove the package

[root@raju~]#rpm –e samba-*.rpm  --nodeps           #to remove package dependencies

Quering the packages

[root@raju~]#rpm -qa                                       #to query all installed packages

[root@raju~]#rpm –q samba-*.rpm                            #to query particular packages

[root@raju~]#rpm –qd samba-*.rpm                          #to view the documentation of  packages

[root@raju~]#rpm –ql samba-* .rpm                          #to list of files  of particular packages

[root@raju~]#rpm –qc samba-*.rpm                          #to configure the files of  package

root@raju~]#rpm –qi samba-*.rpm                            #to view the information of the packages

[root@raju~]#rpm –qs samba-*.rpm                          #to view the status of the packages