====== RPM ======

**General Information**

RPM (RedHat Package Manager) has some very useful commands, despite having yum as a frontend. 

**Checklist**
  * Distro(s): Enterprise Linux

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====== Query Commands ======

Some useful commands for querying the RPM database and packages.

Determine if a package is installed
<code bash>
rpm -q postfix
</code>
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Find duplicate packages
<code bash>
rpm -qa --qf "%{NAME}.%{arch}\n" | sort | uniq -d
</code>
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Show the contents of a RPM file on the local system that is not installed
<code bash>
rpm -qlp <package-name>.rpm
</code>

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