rpm/rpm.8

.\" rpm - Red Hat Package Manager
.TH rpm 8 "15 July 1996" "Red Hat Software" "Red Hat Linux"
.SH NAME
rpm \- Red Hat Package Manager
.SH SYNOPSIS
\fBrpm\fP [options] 
.SH DESCRIPTION
\fBrpm\fP is a powerful \fIpackage manager\fP, which can be used to
build, install, query, verify, update, and uninstall individual
software packages.  A \fIpackage\fP consists of an archive of files,
and package information, including name, version, and description.

There are seven basic modes of operation, and each takes a different
set of options.  They are \fIInstall\fP, \fIQuery\fP,
\fIVerify\fP, \fISignature check\fP, \fIUninstall\fP, \fIBuild\fP,
and \fIRebuild Database\fP.

Install mode:
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.I "\fB    rpm \-i [install\-options] <package_file>+\fP"
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Query mode:
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.I "\fB    rpm \-q [query\-options]\fP"
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Verify mode:
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.I "\fB    rpm \-V|\-y|\-\-verify [verify\-options]\fP"
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Signature Check mode:
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.I "\fB    rpm \-\-checksig <package_file>+\fP"
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Uninstall mode:
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.I "\fB    rpm \-e <package_name>+\fP"
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Build mode:
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.I "\fB    rpm \-b\fIO\fB [build\-options] <package_spec>+\fP"
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.SH GENERAL OPTIONS
These options can be used in all the different modes.
.IP "\fB\-vv\fP"
Print lots of ugly debugging information.
.IP "\fB\-\-keep\-temps\fP"
Do not remove temporary files (/tmp/rpm\-*).  Primarily only useful
for debugging rpm.
.IP "\fB\-\-quiet\fP"
Print as little as possible \- normally only error messages will be
displayed.
.IP "\fB\-\-help\fP"
Print a longer usage message then normal.
.IP "\fB\-\-version\fP"
Print a single line containing the version number of rpm being used.
.IP "\fB\-\-rcfile <file>\fP"
Use \fB<file>\fP instead of \fB/etc/rpmrc\fP and \fB$HOME/.rpmrc\fP.
.IP "\fB\-\-root <dir>\fP"
Use the directory given as top level directory for all operations.

.SH INSTALL OPTIONS
The general form of an rpm install command is
.PP
	\fBrpm \-i [install\-options] <package_file>+\fP
.PP
.IP "\fB\-\-force\fP"
Same as using both \-\-replacepkgs, \-\-replacefiles, and 
\-\-oldpackage.
.IP "\fB\-h, \-\-hash\fP"
Print 50 hash marks as the package archive is unpacked.  Use
with \fB\-v\fP for a nice display.
.IP "\fB\-\-oldpackage\fP"
Allow an upgrade to replace a newer package with an older one.
.IP "\fB\-\-percent\fP"
Print percentages as files are unpacked from the package archive. This
is intended to make RPM easy to run from other tools.
.IP "\fB\-\-replacefiles\fP"
Install the packages even if they replace files from other, already
installed, packages.
.IP "\fB\-\-replacepkgs\fP"
Install the packages even if some of them are already installed on this
system.
.IP "\fB\-\-root \fI<dir>\fP"
Do the installation on the system rooted at \fI<dir>\fP.  Note that
this means the database will be updated under \fI<dir>\fP and any
\fIpre\fP or \fIpost\fP scripts are run after a chroot() to \fI<dir>\fP.
.IP "\fB\-\-noscripts\fP"
Don't execute the preinstall or postinstall scripts.
.IP "\fB\-\-excludedocs\fP"
Don't install any files which are marked as documentation (which includes
man pages and texinfo documents).
.IP "\fB\-\-includedocs\fP"
Install documentation files. This is only needed if \fIexcludedocs: 1\fP
is specified in an rpmrc file.
.IP "\fB\-\-nodeps\fP"
Don't check dependencies before installing the packages.
.IP "\fB\-\-test\fP"
Do not install the package, simply check for and report potential
conflicts.
.IP "\fB\-U, \-\-upgrade\fP"
Upgrade the package currently installed to the version in the new RPM.
This is the same as install, except all other version of the package
are removed from the system.



.SH QUERY OPTIONS
The general form of an rpm query command is
.PP
	\fBrpm \-q [query\-options]\fP
.PP
You may specify the format that package information should be printed 
in. To do this, you use the \fB\-\-queryformat\fP option, followed by 
the format string.

Query formats are modifed versions of the standard \fBprintf(3)\fP
formatting. The format is made up of static strings (which may include
standard C character escapes for newlines, tabs, and other special
characters) and \fBprintf(3)\fP type formatters. As \fBrpm\fP
already knows the type to print, the type specifier must be
omitted however, and replaced by the name of the header tag to
be printed, enclosed by \fB{}\fP characters. The 
\fBRPMTAG_\fP portion of the tag name may be omitted, and the
tag name may be preceded by a \fB\-\fP to format the tag as
a date if possible.

For example, to print only the names of the packages queried, you
could use \fB%{NAME}\fP as the format string. To print the packages
name and distribution information in two columns, you could use
\fB%\-30{NAME}%{DISTRIBUTION}\fP.

\fBrpm\fP will print a list of all of the tags it knows about when
it is invoked with the \fB\-\-querytags\fP argument.

There are two subsets of options for querying: package selection, and
information selection.

Package selection options:
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.IP "\fB\fI<package_name>\fP"
Query package named \fB\fI<package_name>\fP.
.IP "\fB\-a\fP"
Query all packages
.IP "\fB\-whatrequires \fI<capability>\fP"
Query all packages that requires \fI<capability>\fP for proper functioning.
.IP "\fB\-whatprovides \fI<virtual>\fP"
Query all packages that provide the \fI<virtual>\fP capability.
.IP "\fB\-f \fI<file>\fP"
Query package owning \fI<file>\fP.
.IP "\fB\-F\fP"
Like \fB\-f\fP but read file names from stdin.
.IP "\fB\-p \fI<package_file>\fP"
Query an (uninstalled) package \fI<package_file>\fP.
.IP "\fB\-P\fP"
Like \fB\-p\fP but read package file names from stdin.

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Information selection options:
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.IP "\fB\-i\fP"
Display package information, including name, version, and description. This
uses the \fB\-\-queryformat\fP if one was specified.
.IP "\fB\-R\fP"
List packages this one depends on (same as \fB\-\-requires\fP).
.IP "\fB\-\-provides\fP"
List capabilities this package provides.
.IP "\fB\-l\fP"
List files in package.
.IP "\fB\-s\fP"
Display the \fIstates\fP of files in the package (implies \fB\-l\fP).  
The state of each file is
either \fInormal\fP, \fInot installed\fP, or \fIreplaced\fP.
.IP "\fB\-d\fP"
List only documentation files (implies \fB\-l\fP).  
.IP "\fB\-c\fP"
List only configuration files (implies \fB\-l\fP).  
.IP "\fB\-\-scripts\fP"
List the package specific shell scripts that are used as part of the 
installation and uninstallation processes, if there are any.
.IP "\fB\-\-dump\fP"
Dump file information as follows: path size mtime md5sum mode
owner group isconfig isdoc rdev symlink. This must be used with
at least one of \fB\-l\fP, \fB\-c\fP, \fB\-d\fP.

.SH VERIFY OPTIONS
The general form of an rpm verify command is
.PP
	\fBrpm \-V|\-y|\-\-verify [verify\-options]\fP
.PP
Verifying a package compares information about the installed
files in the package with information about the files taken from the
original package and stored in the rpm database.  Among other things,
verifying compares the size, MD5 sum, permissions, type, owner and group
of each file.  Any discrepencies are displayed.  The package specification
options are the same as for package querying.

The format of the output is a string of 8 characters, a possible "\fBc\fP"
denoting a configuration file, and then the file name.  Each of the 8
characters denotes the result of a comparison of one attribute of the file
to the value of that attribute recorded in the RPM database.  A 
single "\fB.\fP" (period) means the test passed.  The following characters 
denote failure of certain tests:

.IP "\fB5\fP"
MD5 sum
.IP "\fBS\fP"
File size
.IP "\fBL\fP"
Symlink
.IP "\fBT\fP"
Mtime
.IP "\fBD\fP"
Device
.IP "\fBU\fP"
User
.IP "\fBG\fP"
Group
.IP "\fBM\fP"
Mode (includes permissions and file type)

.SH SIGNATURE CHECKING
The general form of an rpm signature check command is
.PP
	\fBrpm \-\-checksig <package_file>+\fP
.PP
This checks the PGP signature built into a package to ensure the integrity
and the origin of the package.
PGP configuration information is read from /etc/rpmrc.
See the section on PGP SIGNATURES for details.

.SH UNINSTALL OPTIONS
The general form of an rpm uninstall command is
.PP
	\fB    rpm \-e <package_name>+\fP
.PP
.IP "\fB\-\-noscripts\fP"
Don't execute the preuninstall or postuninstall scripts.
.IP "\fB\-\-nodeps\fP"
Don't check dependencies before uninstalling the packages.
.IP "\fB\-\-test\fP"
Don't really uninstall anything, just go through the motions. 
\fB\-vv\fP option.

.SH BUILD OPTIONS
The general form of an rpm build command is
.PP
    \fBrpm \-b\fIO\fP [build\-options] <package_spec>+\fP
.PP
where \fB\-b\fIO\fR specifies the stages of building and
packaging to be done and is one of:

.IP "\fB\-bp\fP"
Executes the "%prep" stage from the spec file.  Normally this
involves unpacking the sources and applying any patches.
.IP "\fB\-bl\fP"
Do a "list check".  The "%files" section from the spec file
is macro expanded, and checks are made to insure the files
exist.
.IP "\fB\-bc\fP"
Do the "%build" stage from the spec file (after doing the prep stage).
This generally involves the equivalent of a "make".
.IP "\fB\-bi\fP"
Do the "%install" stage from the spec file (after doing the prep
and build stages).  This generally involves the equivalent of a
"make install".
.IP "\fB\-bb\fP"
Build a binary package (after doing the prep, build, and install stages).
.IP "\fB\-ba\fP"
Build binary and source packages (after doing the prep, build, and 
install stages).
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The following options may also be used:
.IP "\fB\-\-short\-circuit\fP"
Skip straight to specified stage (ie, skip all stages leading up
to the specified stage).  Only valid with \fB\-bc\fP and \fB\-bi\fP.
.IP "\fB\-\-timecheck\fP"
Set the "timecheck" age (0 to disable).  This value can also
be set in rpmrc with "timecheck:".  The timecheck value expresses,
in seconds, the maximum age of a file being packaged.  Warnings
will be printed for all files beyond the timecheck age.
.IP "\fB\-\-clean\fP"
Remove the build tree after the packages are made.
.IP "\fB\-\-test\fP"
Do not execute any build stages.
Useful for testing out spec files.
.IP "\fB\-\-sign\fP"
Embed a PGP signature in the package.  This signature can be used
to verify the integrity and the origin of the package.  See the
section on PGP SIGNATURES for /etc/rpmrc details.

.SH REBUILD AND RECOMPILE OPTIONS

There are two other ways to invoke rpm:

.I "\fBrpm \-\-recompile <source_package_file>+\fP"

.I "\fBrpm \-\-rebuild <source_package_file>+\fP"

When invoked this way, rpm installs the named source package, and does
a prep, compile and install.  In addition, \fB\-\-rebuild\fP builds a new
binary package. When the build has completed, the build directory is
removed (as in \fB\-\-clean\fP) and the the sources and spec file for
the package are removed.

.SH SIGNING AN EXISTING RPM

.I "\fBrpm \-\-resign <binary_package_file>+\fP"

This option generates and inserts new signatures for the listed packages.
Any existing signatures are removed.

.SH PGP SIGNATURES

In order to use the signature feature RPM must be able to run PGP
(it must be installed and in your path), and it must be able to
find a public key ring with RPM public keys in it.  By default,
RPM uses the PGP defaults to find the keyrings (honoring PGPPATH).
If your key rings are not located where PGP expects them to be,
you must set the following in your /etc/rpmrc

.IP "\fBpgp_path\fP"
Replacement path for /usr/lib/rpm.  Must contain your key rings.
.PP

If you want to be able to sign packages you create yourself, you also
need to create your own public and secret key pair (see the PGP manual).
In addition to the above /etc/rpmrc entries, you should add the following:

.IP "\fBsignature\fP"
The signature type.  Right now only pgp is supported.
.IP "\fBpgp_name\fP"
The name of the "user" whose key you wish to use to sign your packages.
.PP

When building packages you then add \-\-sign to the command line.
You will be prompted for your pass phrase, and your package will
be built and signed.

.SH REBUILD DATABASE OPTIONS

The general form of an rpm rebuild database command is
.PP
	\fBrpm \-\-rebuilddb\fP
.PP

The only options this mode supports are \fB-\-dbpath\fP and \fB-\-root\fP.

.SH FILES
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/etc/rpmrc
~/.rpmrc
/var/lib/rpm/packages
/var/lib/rpm/pathidx
/var/lib/rpm/nameidx
/tmp/rpm*
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.SH SEE ALSO
.IR glint (8) ,
.IR rpm2cpio (8) ,
.B http://www.redhat.com/rpm
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.SH AUTHORS
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Marc Ewing <marc@redhat.com>
Erik Troan <ewt@redhat.com>
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