RPM

  • List all installed packages:

    1 $ rpm -qa

  • Get the list of all installed packages and their architecture:

    1 $ rpm -qa --queryformat "%-40{NAME} %-8{ARCH}\n"

  • Same as above, but show i586 packages only:

    1 $ rpm -qa --queryformat "%-40{NAME} %-8{ARCH}\n" | grep i586

  • Downgrade a package to an old version:

    1 $ wget ftp://ftp.repository.org/mandrakelinux/official/10.0/package-1.0-1mdk.i586.rpm
2 $ rpm -Uvh --oldpackage package-1.0-1mdk.i586.rpm

  • Unpack/Deflate/Extract a RPM without installing it:

    1 $ rpm2cpio dummy.src.rpm | cpio -id

  • Evaluate %mkrel 3 rpm macro:

    1 $ rpm --eval '%mkrel 3'

  • Force removal of a package that has problems with embedded “pre-” and/or “post-” scripts:

    1 $ rpm -e --noscripts packagename

Urpmi

  • List all available packages with name containing python:

    1 $ urpmq --fuzzy python

  • Find which RPM contain the file named dummy:

    1 $ urpmf dummy

  • Get information about the dummy RPM:

    1 $ urpmq -i dummy

  • Get the list of all RPMs that require python-psyco package:

    1 $ urpmf --requires python-psyco

  • Get the list of all RPMs that provide python-psyco package:

    1 $ urpmf --provides python-psyco

  • I use this command in a cron entry to update automatically and regularly my Mandriva:

    1 $ /usr/sbin/urpmi.update -a && /usr/sbin/urpmi --update --auto --auto-select

  • Generate urpmi repository index and metadata of the current folder:

    1 $ genhdlist ./

  • APT/URPMI commands list

Yum

  • Install a new package:

    1 $ yum install subversion

  • Search for packages containing the x11 string:

    1 $ yum search x11

  • Get the list of packages that provide Python’s Subversion bindings:

    1 $ yum provides "*/svn/__init__.py"

  • Update repository index:

    1 $ yum update

  • Clear all caches (sometimes required to force a repository index update):

    1 $ yum clean all

  • Generate Yum repository index and metadata of the current folder:

    1 $ createrepo -v ./