rpm

Print a longer usage message then normal.

Print a single line containing the version number of rpm being used.

Print as little as possible - normally only error messages will be displayed.

Print verbose information - normally routine progress messages will be displayed.

Print lots of ugly debugging information.

Each of the files in the colon separated FILELIST is read sequentially by rpm for configuration information. Only the first file in the list must exist, and tildes will be expanded to the value of $HOME. The default FILELIST is /usr/lib/rpm/rpmrc:/usr/lib/rpm/redhat/rpmrc:/etc/rpmrc:~/.rpmrc.

Pipes the output of rpm to the command CMD.

Use the database in DIRECTORY rather than the default path /var/lib/rpm

Use the file system tree rooted at DIRECTORY for all operations. Note that this means the database within DIRECTORY will be used for dependency checks and any scriptlet(s) (e.g. %post if installing, or %prep if building, a package) will be run after a chroot(2) to DIRECTORY.

Add suggested packages to the transaction set when needed.

Installs or upgrades all the missingok files in the package, regardless if they exist.

Used with --relocate, permit relocations on all file paths, not just those OLDPATH's included in the binary package relocation hint(s).

Don't install files whose name begins with OLDPATH.

Don't install any files which are marked as documentation (which includes man pages and texinfo documents).

Same as using --replacepkgs, --replacefiles, and --oldpackage.

Print 50 hash marks as the package archive is unpacked. Use with -v|--verbose for a nicer display.

Don't check mount file systems for sufficient disk space before installing this package.

Allow installation or upgrading even if the architectures of the binary package and host don't match.

Allow installation or upgrading even if the operating systems of the binary package and host don't match.

Install documentation files. This is the default behavior.

Update only the database, not the filesystem.

Don't verify package or header digests when reading.

Don't verify package or header signatures when reading.

Don't do a dependency check before installing or upgrading a package.

Don't suggest package(s) that provide a missing dependency.

Don't reorder the packages for an install. The list of packages would normally be reordered to satisfy dependencies.

Don't execute the scriptlet of the same name. The --noscripts option is equivalent to

--nopre --nopost --nopreun --nopostun

and turns off the execution of the corresponding %pre, %post, %preun, and %postun scriptlet(s).

Don't execute any trigger scriptlet of the named type. The --notriggers option is equivalent to

--notriggerin --notriggerun --notriggerpostun

and turns off execution of the corresponding %triggerin, %triggerun, and %triggerpostun scriptlet(s).

Allow an upgrade to replace a newer package with an older one.

Print percentages as files are unpacked from the package archive. This is intended to make rpm easy to run from other tools.

For relocateable binary packages, translate all file paths that start with the installation prefix in the package relocation hint(s) to NEWPATH.

For relocatable binary packages, translate all file paths that start with OLDPATH in the package relocation hint(s) to NEWPATH. This option can be used repeatedly if several OLDPATH's in the package are to be relocated.

Re-package the files before erasing. The previously installed package will be named according to the macro %_repackage_name_fmt and will be created in the directory named by the macro %_repackage_dir (default value is /var/spool/repackage).

Install the packages even if they replace files from other, already installed, packages.

Install the packages even if some of them are already installed on this system.

Do not install the package, simply check for and report potential conflicts.

Remove all versions of the package which match PACKAGE_NAME. Normally an error is issued if PACKAGE_NAME matches multiple packages.

Don't check dependencies before uninstalling the packages.

Don't execute the scriptlet of the same name. The --noscripts option during package erase is equivalent to

--nopreun --nopostun

and turns off the execution of the corresponding %preun, and %postun scriptlet(s).

Don't execute any trigger scriptlet of the named type. The --notriggers option is equivalent to

--notriggerun --notriggerpostun

and turns off execution of the corresponding %triggerun, and %triggerpostun scriptlet(s).

Re-package the files before erasing. The previously installed package will be named according to the macro %_repackage_name_fmt and will be created in the directory named by the macro %_repackage_dir (default value is /var/spool/repackage).

Don't really uninstall anything, just go through the motions. Useful in conjunction with the -vv option for debugging.

Wrap a public key in ASCII armor.

Encode binary data using base64.

Use strftime(3) "%c" format.

Use strftime(3) "%a %b %d %Y" format.

Format dependency flags.

Format file flags.

Format in hexadecimal.

Format in octal.

Format file permissions.

Escape single quotes for use in a script.

Display trigger suffix.

Query installed package named PACKAGE_NAME.

Query all installed packages.

Query package owning FILE.

Query package that contains a given file identifier, i.e. the MD5 digest of the file contents.

Query packages with the group of GROUP.

Query package that contains a given header identifier, i.e. the SHA1 digest of the immutable header region.

Query an (uninstalled) package PACKAGE_FILE. The PACKAGE_FILE may be specified as an ftp or http style URL, in which case the package header will be downloaded and queried. See FTP/HTTP OPTIONS for information on rpm's internal ftp and http client support. The PACKAGE_FILE argument(s), if not a binary package, will be interpreted as an ASCII package manifest. Comments are permitted, starting with a '#', and each line of a package manifest file may include white space separated glob expressions, including URL's with remote glob expressions, that will be expanded to paths that are substituted in place of the package manifest as additional PACKAGE_FILE arguments to the query.

Query package that contains a given package identifier, i.e. the MD5 digest of the combined header and payload contents.

Query the HDRNUMth database entry directly; this is useful only for debugging.

Parse and query SPECFILE as if it were a package. Although not all the information (e.g. file lists) is available, this type of query permits rpm to be used to extract information from spec files without having to write a specfile parser.

Query package(s) that have a given TID transaction identifier. A unix time stamp is currently used as a transaction identifier. All package(s) installed or erased within a single transaction have a common identifier.

Query packages that are triggered by package(s) PACKAGE_NAME.

Query all packages that provide the CAPABILITY capability.

Query all packages that requires CAPABILITY for proper functioning.

Display change information for the package.

List only configuration files (implies -l).

List only documentation files (implies -l).

Dump file information as follows:

path size mtime md5sum mode owner group isconfig isdoc rdev symlink

This option must be used with at least one of -l, -c, -d.

List all the files in each selected package.

Display package information, including name, version, and description. This uses the --queryformat if one was specified.

Orders the package listing by install time such that the latest packages are at the top.

List files in package.

List capabilities this package provides.

List packages on which this package depends.

List the package specific scriptlet(s) that are used as part of the installation and uninstallation processes.

Display the states of files in the package (implies -l). The state of each file is one of normal, not installed, or replaced.

Display the trigger scripts, if any, which are contained in the package.

Don't verify dependencies of packages.

Don't verify package or header digests when reading.

Don't verify any attributes of package files.

Don't execute the %verifyscript scriptlet (if any).

Don't verify package or header signatures when reading.

Don't verify the corresponding file attribute.

The signature type. Right now only gpg and pgp are supported.

The name of the "user" whose key you wish to use to sign your packages.

The host HOST will be used as a proxy server for all ftp transfers, which allows users to ftp through firewall machines which use proxy systems. This option may also be specified by configuring the macro %_ftpproxy.

The TCP PORT number to use for the ftp connection on the proxy ftp server instead of the default port. This option may also be specified by configuring the macro %_ftpport.

The host HOST will be used as a proxy server for all http transfers. This option may also be specified by configuring the macro %_httpproxy.

The TCP PORT number to use for the http connection on the proxy http server instead of the default port. This option may also be specified by configuring the macro %_httpport.