Examples of rpm

• Display the name of the package which installs the file /etc/exports
  rpm -qf /etc/exports
• Examine the changlog for the installed package postfix
  rpm -q -changelog postfix
• Installed the package is broken. In order to go back to the previous version of the same package
  rpm -i -oldpackage packageName
• Display all the configuration files with path for the installed package
  rpm -qc postfix
• Display all files  which will install/installed from the RPM package postfix-2.6.1-2.1.i586 with installation path
  rpm -qlp postfix-2.6.1-2.1.i586
• Update linux kernel
  rpm -Uvh kernel-package
• Update a package only if an earlier version is currently installed
  rpm -F packageName
• Remove a installed package
  rpm -ev packageName
• list all installed packages
  rpm -qa
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