yum, cron¶
RPM¶
- List all installed packages:
$ rpm -qa
- Get the list of all installed packages and their architecture:
$ rpm -qa --queryformat "%-40{NAME} %-8{ARCH}\n"
- Same as above, but show
i586
packages only:
$ rpm -qa --queryformat "%-40{NAME} %-8{ARCH}\n" | grep i586
- Downgrade a package to an old version:
$ wget ftp://ftp.repository.org/mandrakelinux/official/10.0/package-1.0-1mdk.i586.rpm
$ rpm -Uvh --oldpackage package-1.0-1mdk.i586.rpm
- Unpack/Deflate/Extract a RPM without installing it:
$ rpm2cpio dummy.src.rpm | cpio -id
- Evaluate
%mkrel 3
rpm macro:
$ rpm --eval '%mkrel 3'
- Force removal of a package that has problems with embedded “pre-” and/or “post-” scripts:
$ rpm -e --noscripts packagename
Urpmi¶
- List all available packages with name containing
python
:
$ urpmq --fuzzy python
- Find which RPM contain the file named
dummy
:
$ urpmf dummy
- Get informations about the
dummy
RPM:
$ urpmq -i dummy
- Get the list of all RPMs that require
python-psyco
package:
$ urpmf --requires python-psyco
- Get the list of all RPMs that provide
python-psyco
package:
$ urpmf --provides python-psyco
- I use this command in a cron entry to update automatically and regularly my Mandriva:
$ /usr/sbin/urpmi.update -a && /usr/sbin/urpmi --update --auto --auto-select
- Generate urpmi repository index and metadata of the current folder:
$ genhdlist ./
Yum¶
- Install a new package:
$ yum install subversion
- Search for packages containing the
x11
string:
$ yum search x11
- Get the list of packages that provide Python’s Subversion bindings:
$ yum provides "*/svn/__init__.py"
- Update repository index:
$ yum update
- Clear all caches (sometimes required to force a repository index update):
$ yum clean all
- Generate Yum repository index and metadata of the current folder:
$ createrepo -v ./