RPM is the underlying package management system used on CentOS Linux. In this post, we’ll go through a couple of common RPM usage examples:

1. List all packages:

rpm -qa

2. List a specific package:

rpm -qa | grep PACKAGE_NAME

3. Install an RPM package:

rpm -ivh PACKAGE_NAME.rpm

4. Install OR upgrade an existing RPM package:

rpm -Uvh PACKAGE_NAME.rpm

5. Remove an RPM package:

rpm -e PACKAGE_NAME

6. Remove an RPM package without removing dependencies:

rpm -e --nodeps PACKAGE_NAME

7. List the package that a particular file or directory belongs to:

rpm -qf /path/to/file

8. List all the files of a particular RPM package:

rpm -ql PACKAGE_NAME

9. Verify an RPM package (output will show files that have changed):

rpm -V PACKAGE_NAME

10. Verify all RPM packages (output will show files that have changed):

rpm -qaV