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TL;DR

rpm

RPM Package Manager. For equivalent commands in other package managers, see https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Pacman/Rosetta. More information: https://rpm.org/.

  • Show version of httpd package:

rpm --query httpd

  • List versions of all matching packages:

rpm --query --all 'mariadb*'

  • Forcibly install a package regardless of currently installed versions:

rpm --upgrade path/to/package.rpm --force

  • Identify owner of a file and show version of the package:

rpm --query --file /etc/postfix/main.cf

  • List package-owned files:

rpm --query --list kernel

  • Show scriptlets from an RPM file:

rpm --query --package --scripts package.rpm

  • Show changed, missing and/or incorrectly installed files of matching packages:

rpm --verify --all 'php-*'

  • Display the changelog of a specific package:

rpm --query --changelog package

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