RPM
General Information
RPM (RedHat Package Manager) has some very useful commands, despite having yum as a frontend.
Checklist
- Distro(s): Enterprise Linux
Query Commands
Some useful commands for querying the RPM database and packages.
Determine if a package is installed
rpm -q postfix
Find duplicate packages
rpm -qa --qf "%{NAME}.%{arch}\n" | sort | uniq -d
Show the contents of a RPM file on the local system that is not installed
rpm -qlp <package-name>.rpm