How do I list all installed packages using rpm command on CentOS/Suse/Fedora/RHEL/Scientific and Red Hat Enterprise Linux?
The rpm command is a powerful Package Manager, which can be used to build, install, query, verify, update, and erase individual software packages. The latest version of Red hat and friends recommend using the yum command.
rpm command syntax
The rpm command has -a option to query (list) all installed packages.
List all installed packages using rpm -a option
Open the Terminal or login to the remote server using ssh client. Type the following command as root user:
# rpm -qa
Sample outputs:
filesystem-2.4.0-1 comps-extras-11.1-1.1 gnome-mime-data-2.4.2-3.1 glibc-2.5-12 atk-1.12.2-1.fc6 libICE-1.0.1-2.1 db4-4.3.29-9.fc6 elfutils-libelf-0.125-3.el5 ncurses-5.5-24.20060715 libsepol-1.15.2-1.el5 libcap-1.10-26 sqlite-3.3.6-2 pcre-6.6-1.1 gdbm-1.8.0-26.2.1 libsepol-1.15.2-1.el5 libXdmcp-1.0.1-2.1 db4-4.3.29-9.fc6 iptables-1.3.5-1.2.1 libXrender-0.9.1-3.1 libXi-1.0.1-3.1 xorg-x11-font-utils-7.1-2 slang-2.0.6-4.el ..... .. ....
You can display more information about package using the following command:
# rpm -qi iptables
Sample outputs:
Name : iptables Relocations: /usr Version : 1.3.5 Vendor: Red Hat, Inc. Release : 1.2.1 Build Date: Thu 13 Jul 2006 07:17:24 PM CDT Install Date: Tue 10 Jul 2007 08:49:20 AM CDT Build Host: ls20-bc2-14.build.redhat.com Group : System Environment/Base Source RPM: iptables-1.3.5-1.2.1.src.rpm Size : 676805 License: GPL Signature : DSA/SHA1, Thu 18 Jan 2007 09:47:22 AM CST, Key ID 5326810137017186 Packager : Red Hat, Inc. URL : http://www.netfilter.org/ Summary : Tools for managing Linux kernel packet filtering capabilities. Description : The iptables utility controls the network packet filtering code in the Linux kernel. If you need to set up firewalls and/or IP masquerading, you should install this package.
You can list package files using the following command:
# rpm -ql iptables
Sample outputs:
/etc/rc.d/init.d/iptables /etc/sysconfig/iptables-config /lib64/iptables /lib64/iptables/libipt_CLASSIFY.so /lib64/iptables/libipt_CONNMARK.so /lib64/iptables/libipt_DNAT.so /lib64/iptables/libipt_DSCP.so /lib64/iptables/libipt_ECN.so ..... ....... ...
Feel free to add pager such as less or more to display output one screen at a time:
# rpm -qa | less
# rpm -qa | more
# rpm -qa | grep 'something'
# rpm -ql iptables | more
See also
- Man pages: yum(8)
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