The easiest way to locate all files installed from RPM package 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 be installed into the system. The following linux 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
