Usefull Commands: RPM at Coolkevmen

List all installed packages:

rpm -qa
List all available packages with name containing python:

urpmq --fuzzy python
Find which RPM contain the file named dummy:

urpmf dummy
Get informations about the dummy RPM:

urpmq -i dummy
Get the list of all RPMs that require python-psyco package:

urpmf --requires python-psyco
Get the list of all RPMs that provide python-psyco package:

urpmf --provides python-psyco
I use this command in a cron entry to update automatically and regularly my Mandriva:

/usr/sbin/urpmi.update -a && /usr/sbin/urpmi --update --auto --auto-select
Downgrade a package to an old version:

wget ftp://ftp.repository.org/mandrakelinux/official/10.0/package-1.0-1mdk.i586.rpm rpm -Uvh --oldpackage package-1.0-1mdk.i586.rpm
Unpack/Deflate/Extract a RPM without installing it:

rpm2cpio dummy.src.rpm | cpio -id
Evaluate %mkrel 3 rpm macro:

rpm --eval '%mkrel 3'
Force removal of a package that has problems with embedded “pre-” and/or “post-” scripts:

rpm -e --noscripts packagename
APT/URPMI commands list

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