| rpm -ivh apache2.i386.rpm | Install package apache2 already download on the system. |
| rpm -i ftp://ftp.mynitor.com/apache-3.i386.rpm | You can do it with http:// as well. Simple of installing RPM from remote server. |
| rpm -ev apache2 | Uninstall apache2 package.. |
| rpm -Uvh apache2-1.i386.rpm | Upgrade an existing package. You can also do rpm -Uvh ftp/http to fetch pkg. |
| rpm –verify apache2 | List files that did not pass the verify tests. |
| rpm -qpl apache2.i386.rpm | List location where RPM would be installed. |
| rpm -ql apache2 | List location of files on the system where the RPM has already been installed. |
| rpm -qi apache2 | This one is my favorite. It displays pkg information such as version, release, installed date and much more. |
| rpm -qf /etc/apache2/conf/httpd.conf | This will tell you which package the file httpd.conf belongs to. |
| rpm -qa | List all installed RPM packages on the system. |
| rpm -qa –last | List all the recently installed RPM packages. |
| rpm -qR apache2.i386.rpm | Outputs dependencies for the RPM. |
