RHEL 10 rpm command
Examine installed RPM packages
$ rpm -qa $ rpm -qa | wc -l $ rpm -qa "*kernel*"
Possible contents of an RPM package
- binary executables
- shared libraries
- man pages/info files/doc files
- configuration files
- systemd files
Querying an installed package
General information about the package:
$ rpm -qi setup
Name : setup
Version : 2.14.5
Release : 7.el10
Architecture: noarch
Install Date: Sat 17 Oct 2026 12:17:46 PM
Group : System Environment/Base
Size : 737783
License : LicenseRef-Fedora-Public-Domain
Signature :
RSA/SHA256, Fri 06 Jun 2025 09:44:36 AM, Key ID dee5c11cc2a1e572
RSA/SHA256, Fri 06 Jun 2025 09:44:37 AM, Key ID dee5c11cc2a1e572
Source RPM : setup-2.14.5-7.el10.src.rpm
Build Date : Thu 05 Jun 2025 03:29:25 PM
Build Host : s390x-builder02.almalinux.org
Packager : AlmaLinux Packaging Team <packager@almalinux.org>
Vendor : AlmaLinux
URL : https://pagure.io/setup/
Summary : A set of system configuration and setup files
Description :
The setup package contains a set of important system configuration and
setup files, such as passwd, group, and profile.
Runtime dependencies of the package:
$ rpm -qR tree
Mapping packages to files and vice versa
List the files in a package (you've seen this before):
$ rpm -ql shadow-utils | less
Identify the package containing a file:
$ rpm -qf /etc/passwd setup-2.14.5-7.el10.noarch $