Using RPM To Install Packages

RPM

What is Package ?

In the generic sense, an RPM package is a container of files. It includes the group of files associated with a specific program or application, which normally includes binary installation scripts, as well as configuration and documentation files. It also includes instructions on how and where these files should be installed and uninstalled.

What is RPM?

RPM is a powerful software manager. It can install, remove, query, and verify the software on your system.Rpm is more than a Red Hat specific tool. The RPM Package Manager greatly simplifies the distribution, installation, upgradation. And removal of software on RHEL systems.Software to be installed using rpm is distributed through rpm package files, which are essentially compressed archives of files and associated dependency  information. Package files are named using the following format:

RPM Options:-

1.  –i  =  to install the package

2.  –v =  verbose

3.  –h =  to display the progress in hashes

4.  --force =  to install packeges forcefully

5.  --aid            =  to install packages along with dependencies

6.  –U = to upgrade the existing package

7.  –e =  to uninstall the packages from the system

8. –nodeps =  to uninstall packages even if dependencies are there

9. –q =  to queries any installed packages

10. –qa = to queries all install packages

11. –qi =  To show general information

12. –ql =  To show list of package files installed

13. –qip =  To show general information of uninstalled package

14. –qlp =  To show list of packages of uninstalled package

1. Installing Packag using RPM

[root@server1 ~]# cd /misc/cd                               …….

[root@server1 cd]#ll                                              …….

total 4038

-r--r--r-- 3 root root   8794 Sep  3  2010 EULA

-r--r--r-- 3 root root  18092 Jun 30  2010 GPL

dr-xr-xr-x 3 root root   2048 Sep 23  2010 HighAvailability

dr-xr-xr-x 3 root root   2048 Sep 23  2010 images

dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root   2048 Sep 23  2010 isolinux

dr-xr-xr-x 3 root root   2048 Sep 23  2010 LoadBalancer

-r--r--r-- 2 root root    114 Sep 23  2010 media.repo

dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 477184 Sep 23  2010 Packages

-r--r--r-- 2 root root  16435 Sep  2  2010 README

-r--r--r-- 3 root root 114407 Aug 24  2010 RELEASE-NOTES-as-IN.html

-r--r--r-- 3 root root 214163 Aug 24  2010 RELEASE-NOTES-bn-IN.html

-r--r--r-- 3 root root 125070 Aug 24  2010 RELEASE-NOTES-de-DE.html

-r--r--r-- 3 root root 114407 Aug 19  2010 RELEASE-NOTES-en-US.html

-r--r--r-- 3 root root 123333 Aug 24  2010 RELEASE-NOTES-es-ES.html

-r--r--r-- 3 root root 128753 Aug 24  2010 RELEASE-NOTES-fr-FR.html

-r--r--r-- 3 root root 191783 Aug 24  2010 RELEASE-NOTES-gu-IN.html

-r--r--r-- 3 root root 191872 Aug 24  2010 RELEASE-NOTES-hi-IN.html

-r--r--r-- 3 root root 122883 Aug 24  2010 RELEASE-NOTES-it-IT.html

-r--r--r-- 3 root root 136794 Aug 24  2010 RELEASE-NOTES-ja-JP.html

-r--r--r-- 3 root root 222514 Aug 24  2010 RELEASE-NOTES-kn-IN.html

-r--r--r-- 3 root root 126404 Aug 24  2010 RELEASE-NOTES-ko-KR.html

-r--r--r-- 3 root root 114407 Aug 24  2010 RELEASE-NOTES-ml-IN.html

-r--r--r-- 3 root root 197443 Aug 24  2010 RELEASE-NOTES-mr-IN.html

-r--r--r-- 3 root root 114909 Aug 24  2010 RELEASE-NOTES-or-IN.html

-r--r--r-- 3 root root 183285 Aug 24  2010 RELEASE-NOTES-pa-IN.html

-r--r--r-- 3 root root 122056 Aug 24  2010 RELEASE-NOTES-pt-BR.html

-r--r--r-- 3 root root 147783 Aug 24  2010 RELEASE-NOTES-ru-RU.html

-r--r--r-- 3 root root   5125 May  5  2010 RELEASE-NOTES-si-LK.html

-r--r--r-- 3 root root 206085 Aug 24  2010 RELEASE-NOTES-ta-IN.html

-r--r--r-- 3 root root 216015 Aug 24  2010 RELEASE-NOTES-te-IN.html

-r--r--r-- 3 root root 227744 Aug 24  2010 RELEASE-NOTES-zh-CN.html

-r--r--r-- 3 root root 230403 Aug 20  2010 RELEASE-NOTES-zh-TW.html

lr-xr-xr-x 1 root root     15 Sep 23  2010 repodata -> Server/repodata

dr-xr-xr-x 3 root root   2048 Sep 23  2010 ResilientStorage

-r--r--r-- 3 root root   3375 Sep  3  2010 RPM-GPG-KEY-redhat-beta

-r--r--r-- 3 root root   3211 Sep  3  2010 RPM-GPG-KEY-redhat-release

dr-xr-xr-x 3 root root   2048 Sep 23  2010 Server

-r--r--r-- 1 root root   9006 Sep 23  2010 TRANS.TBL

or

[root@server1 ~]# cd   /media/                                    …….

[root@server1 media]# ll                                              …….

total 6

dr-xr-xr-x 9 root root 6144 Sep 23  2010 RHEL_6.0 i386 Disc 1

[root@server1 media]# cd  RHEL_6.0\ i386\ Disc\ 1/              …….

note:- RHEL_6.0\ i386\ Disc\ 1 is the RHEL DVD

[root@server1 RHEL_6.0 i386 Disc 1]# cd Server/                 …….

[root@server1 Server]# cd Packages/                                      …….

[root@server1 Packages]# rpm -ivh dhcp*                              …….

                                                           

note:- dhcp is the package name * denotes the version number....

warning: dhcp-4.1.1-12.P1.el6.i686.rpm: Header V3 RSA/SHA256 Signature, key ID fd431d51: NOKEY

Preparing...                ########################################### [100%]

1:dhcp                   ########################################### [100%]

2. To queries any installed packages.

[root@server1 ~]# cd /media/RHEL_6.0\ i386\ Disc\ 1/Server/Packages       

[root@server1 Packages]# rpm  -q dhcp                   

dhcp-4.1.1-12.P1.el6.i686

3. To queries all installed packages.

[root@server1 ~]# rpm  -qa                            

gnome-media-libs-2.29.91-6.el6.i686

libdaemon-0.14-1.el6.i686

foomatic-4.0.4-1.el6.i686

cyrus-sasl-plain-2.1.23-8.el6.i686

filesystem-2.4.30-2.1.el6.i686

python-iwlib-0.1-1.2.el6.i686

4. To show the general information about installed packages.

[root@server1 ~]# cd  /media/RHEL_6.0\ i386\ Disc\ 1/Server/Packages                

[root@server1 Packages]# rpm -qi dhcp         

Name                 : dhcp                         Relocations: (not relocatable)

Version              : 4.1.1                        Vendor: Red Hat, Inc.

Release              : 12.P1.el6                  Build Date: Fri 03 Sep 2010 10:22:07 PM IST

Install Date: Tue 01 Jan 2002 03:07:15 PM IST      Build Host: x86-002.build.bos.redhat.com

Group                : System Environment/Daemons    Source RPM: dhcp-4.1.1-12.P1.el6.src.rpm

Size                   : 2190718                          License: ISC

Signature           : RSA/8, Wed 08 Sep 2010 12:20:41 AM IST, Key ID 199e2f91fd431d51

Packager           : Red Hat, Inc.

URL                  : http://isc.org/products/DHCP/

Summary            : Dynamic host configuration protocol software

Description         :

DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) is a protocol which allows

individual devices on an IP network to get their own network

configuration information (IP address, subnetmask, broadcast address,

etc.) from a DHCP server. The overall purpose of DHCP is to make it

easier to administer a large network.  The dhcp package includes the

ISC DHCP service and relay agent.

To use DHCP on your network, install a DHCP service (or relay agent),

and on clients run a DHCP client daemon.  The dhcp package provides

the ISC DHCP service and relay agent.

5. To show list of package file installed.

[root@server1 ~]# cd  /media/RHEL_6.0\ i386\ Disc\ 1/Server/Packages                    …….

[root@server1 Packages]# rpm -ql dhcp

/etc/dhcp

/etc/dhcp/dhcpd.conf

/etc/dhcp/dhcpd6.conf

/etc/openldap/schema/dhcp.schema

/etc/rc.d/init.d/dhcpd

/etc/rc.d/init.d/dhcpd6

/etc/rc.d/init.d/dhcrelay

/etc/sysconfig/dhcpd

/etc/sysconfig/dhcpd6

/etc/sysconfig/dhcrelay

/usr/bin/omshell

/usr/sbin/dhcpd

/usr/sbin/dhcrelay

/usr/share/doc/dhcp-4.1.1

/usr/share/doc/dhcp-4.1.1/3.0b1-lease-convert

/usr/share/doc/dhcp-4.1.1/IANA-arp-parameters

/usr/share/doc/dhcp-4.1.1/LICENSE

/usr/share/doc/dhcp-4.1.1/README

/usr/share/doc/dhcp-4.1.1/README.ldap

/usr/share/doc/dhcp-4.1.1/RELNOTES

/usr/share/doc/dhcp-4.1.1/References.txt

/usr/share/doc/dhcp-4.1.1/api+protocol

/usr/share/doc/dhcp-4.1.1/dhclient-tz-exithook.sh

/usr/share/doc/dhcp-4.1.1/dhcpd-conf-to-ldap

/usr/share/doc/dhcp-4.1.1/dhcpd.conf.sample

/usr/share/doc/dhcp-4.1.1/dhcpd6.conf.sample

/usr/share/doc/dhcp-4.1.1/draft-ietf-dhc-ldap-schema-01.txt

/usr/share/doc/dhcp-4.1.1/ms2isc

/usr/share/doc/dhcp-4.1.1/ms2isc/Registry.perlmodule

/usr/share/doc/dhcp-4.1.1/ms2isc/ms2isc.pl

/usr/share/doc/dhcp-4.1.1/ms2isc/readme.txt

/usr/share/doc/dhcp-4.1.1/sethostname.sh

/usr/share/doc/dhcp-4.1.1/solaris.init

/usr/share/man/man1/omshell.1.gz

/usr/share/man/man5/dhcp-eval.5.gz

/usr/share/man/man5/dhcp-options.5.gz

/usr/share/man/man5/dhcpd.conf.5.gz

/usr/share/man/man5/dhcpd.leases.5.gz

/usr/share/man/man8/dhcpd.8.gz

/usr/share/man/man8/dhcrelay.8.gz

/var/lib/dhcpd

/var/lib/dhcpd/dhcpd.leases

/var/lib/dhcpd/dhcpd6.leases

6. To show the general information about installed packages.

[root@server1 ~]# cd  /media/RHEL_6.0\ i386\ Disc\ 1/Server/Packages                    …….

[root@server1 Packages]# rpm -qip bind*                   …….

warning: bind-9.7.0-5.P2.el6.i686.rpm: Header V3 RSA/SHA256 Signature, key ID fd431d51: NOKEY

Name              : bind                         Relocations: (not relocatable)

Version            : 9.7.0                        Vendor: Red Hat, Inc.

Release            : 5.P2.el6                   Build Date: Wed 26 May 2010 02:21:41 PM IST

Install Date       : (not installed)        Build Host: x86-002.build.bos.redhat.com

Group               : System Environment/Daemons    Source RPM: bind-9.7.0-5.P2.el6.src.rpm

Size                   : 6664309                          License: ISC

Signature           : RSA/8, Mon 16 Aug 2010 09:01:38 PM IST, Key ID 199e2f91fd431d51

Packager           : Red Hat, Inc.

URL                 : http://www.isc.org/products/BIND/

Summary          : The Berkeley Internet Name Domain (BIND) DNS (Domain Name System) server

Description       :

BIND (Berkeley Internet Name Domain) is an implementation of the DNS

(Domain Name System) protocols. BIND includes a DNS server (named),

which resolves host names to IP addresses; a resolver library

(routines for applications to use when interfacing with DNS); and

tools for verifying that the DNS server is operating properly.

Name              : bind-chroot                  Relocations: /var/named/chroot

Version            : 9.7.0                             Vendor: Red Hat, Inc.

Release            : 5.P2.el6                      Build Date: Wed 26 May 2010 02:21:41 PM IST

Install Date       : (not installed)               Build Host: x86-002.build.bos.redhat.com

Group              : System Environment/Daemons    Source RPM: bind-9.7.0-5.P2.el6.src.rpm

Size                  : 0                                License: ISC

Signature          : RSA/8, Mon 16 Aug 2010 09:01:42 PM IST, Key ID 199e2f91fd431d51

Packager          : Red Hat, Inc.

URL                 : http://www.isc.org/products/BIND/

Summary           : A chroot runtime environment for the ISC BIND DNS server, named(8)

Description        :

This package contains a tree of files which can be used as a

chroot(2) jail for the named(8) program from the BIND package.

Based on the code from Jan "Yenya" Kasprzak

Name                : bind-dyndb-ldap              Relocations: (not relocatable)

Version              : 0.1.0                             Vendor: Red Hat, Inc.

Release              : 0.9.b.el6                     Build Date: Wed 24 Mar 2010 05:32:15 PM IST

Install Date         : (not installed)               Build Host: x86-004.build.bos.redhat.com

Group                 : System Environment/Libraries   Source RPM: bind-dyndb-ldap-0.1.0-0.9.b.el6.src.rpm

Size                     : 116875                           License: GPLv2+

Signature             : RSA/8, Mon 16 Aug 2010 09:01:59 PM IST, Key ID 199e2f91fd431d51

Package              : Red Hat, Inc.

URL                   : https://fedorahosted.org/bind-dyndb-ldap

Summary            : LDAP back-end plug-in for BIND

Description         :

This package provides an LDAP back-end plug-in for BIND. It features

support for dynamic updates and internal caching, to lift the load

off of your LDAP server.

Name               : bind-libs                    Relocations: (not relocatable)

Version             : 9.7.0                             Vendor: Red Hat, Inc.

Release             : 5.P2.el6                      Build Date: Wed 26 May 2010 02:21:41 PM IST

Install Date        : (not installed)               Build Host: x86-002.build.bos.redhat.com

Group               : Applications/System           Source RPM: bind-9.7.0-5.P2.el6.src.rpm

Size                  : 2285184                          License: ISC

Signature          : RSA/8, Mon 16 Aug 2010 09:02:07 PM IST, Key ID 199e2f91fd431d51

Packager          : Red Hat, Inc.

URL                 : http://www.isc.org/products/BIND/

Summary           : Libraries used by the BIND DNS packages

Description        :

Contains libraries used by both the bind server package as well as the utils

packages.

You should install bind-utils if you need to get information from DNS name

servers.

7.To show list of packages of uninstalled packages.

[root@server1 ~]# cd  /media/RHEL_6.0\ i386\ Disc\ 1/Server/Packages                    …….

[root@server1 Packages]# rpm -qlp bind*                   …….

warning: bind-9.7.0-5.P2.el6.i686.rpm: Header V3 RSA/SHA256 Signature, key ID fd431d51: NOKEY

/etc/NetworkManager/dispatcher.d/13-named

/etc/logrotate.d/named

/etc/named

/etc/named.conf

/etc/named.iscdlv.key

/etc/named.rfc1912.zones

/etc/rc.d/init.d/named

/etc/rndc.conf.............................\

......................................................

It will show you a complete list..........................

7(A). To show list of packages of uninstalled package

[root@server1 ~]# cd  /media/RHEL_6.0\ i386\ Disc\ 1/Server/Packages                    …….

[root@server1 Packages]# rpm -qlp telnet*                 …….

warning: telnet-0.17-46.el6.i686.rpm: Header V3 RSA/SHA256 Signature, key ID fd431d51: NOKEY

/usr/bin/telnet

/usr/share/man/man1/telnet.1.gz

/etc/xinetd.d/telnet

/usr/sbin/in.telnetd

/usr/share/man/man5/issue.net.5.gz

/usr/share/man/man8/in.telnetd.8.gz

/usr/share/man/man8/telnetd.8.gz

8. To remove installed package.

[root@server1 ~]# cd /media/RHEL_6.0\ i386\ Disc\ 1/Server/Packages         …….

[root@server1 Packages]# rpm -e dhcp                                   …….

[root@server1 Packages]# rpm -q dhcp                                   …….

package dhcp is not installed

9. To install package in any case with forcefully.

[root@server1 ~]# cd /media/RHEL_6.0\ i386\ Disc\ 1/Server/Packages         …….

[root@server1 Packages]# rpm -ivh --force  dhcp*     …….

warning: dhcp-4.1.1-12.P1.el6.i686.rpm: Header V3 RSA/SHA256 Signature, key ID fd431d51: NOKEY

Preparing...                ########################################### [100%]

   1:dhcp                   ########################################### [100%]

10. To install packages with any dependent package.

[root@server1 ~]# cd /media/RHEL_6.0\ i386\ Disc\ 1/Server/Packages         …….

[root@server1 Packages]# rpm -ivh --aid dhcp*          …….

warning: dhcp-4.1.1-12.P1.el6.i686.rpm: Header V3 RSA/SHA256 Signature, key ID fd431d51: NOKEY

Preparing...                ########################################### [100%]

   1:dhcp                   ########################################### [100%]

11. To remove packages without removing any dependent packages.

[root@server1 ~]# cd /media/RHEL_6.0\ i386\ Disc\ 1/Server/Packages         …….

[root@server1 Packages]# rpm -ivh  --nodeps dhcp*  …….

warning: dhcp-4.1.1-12.P1.el6.i686.rpm: Header V3 RSA/SHA256 Signature, key ID fd431d51: NOKEY

Preparing...                ########################################### [100%]

   1:dhcp