My RPM Notes

RPM Howto at www.rpm.org,

Notes about using the RPM command

Building from a source RPM:

rpmbuild --rebuild {package-name.src.rpm}

- then look in /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/{your arch}/ for the binary RPM, that
you install like a standard RPM, e.g. "rpm -Uvh {package-name.rpm}".

Clearing locked rpm state:
```
rm -f /var/lib/rpm/__db*
```

finding your current version:

rpm -q {package}                             <--have to know package name
rpm -qa | grep {partial package name}        <--slower but always works!

what package owns a file:
```
rpm -qf {file}
```
what files a package would install:
```
rpm -qpl {package}
rpm -qpil {package}                         <--plus package info
```
$Id: rpmnotes.html 13 2004-03-15 22:27:26Z mnadler $