15.2.6. Querying

15.2.6. Querying

Use the rpm -q command to query the database of installed packages. The rpm -q foo command displays the package name, version, and release number of the installed package foo: 

foo-2.0-1

Note

To query a package, replace foo with the actual package name.

Instead of specifying the package name, use the following options with -q to specify the package(s) you want to query. These are called Package Selection Options.

There are a number of ways to specify what information to display about queried packages. The following options are used to select the type of information for which you are searching. These are called Information Query Options.

For the options that display lists of files, add -v to the command to display the lists in a familiar ls -l format.


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