How do I locate all files installed from a RPM package?
Last Updated on Friday, 01 April 2011 18:21
Question:
Hi, recently I have installed couple packages into my Fedora Linux system. I'm just wondering how do I locate all files which had installed into my system.
Answer:
The easiest way to check all files installed on your system is to check a RPM package manifest which shows all files and location for any particular RPM package. Let's say that I downloaded a telnet-server-1.2-137.1.i586.rpm RPM package from some online source and I wish to see what this package contains and what files will I install into my system. The following command will reveal all that information:
# rpm -qlp telnet-server-1.2-137.1.i586.rpm
RPM options used:
-q : this is a general rpm query
-l : list package content
-p : package name
In case you are about to use yum package manager to install a package from a fedora package repository you can do the same but omit -p option. For example:
# yum search telnet
returns a line:
telnet.i686 : The client program for the Telnet remote login protocol
To check a content of the RPM package before installation you can do:
# rpm -ql telnet
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