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Preferred method to manage packages in Fedora is yum. rpmreaper is an useful tool to analyse package dependencies.
$ rpm -qf ⟨file⟩
query package owning file (file has to be with a full path).
$ rpm -qp --changelog http://server/package.rpm
show change log of the package.
$ rpm -ql ⟨package⟩
list content of the package .
$ rpm -q --whatrequires ⟨package⟩
show packages that require this package.
$ rpm -qa -last | tac
list all installed packages sorted by time (install time).
$ rpm -qa --queryformat '%10{size} %{name}-%{version}\n' | sort -n
list all installed packages sorted by size.
$ rpm -qa | grep ⟨pattern⟩
list packages filtered according to the pattern.
# rpm -Uvh ⟨package⟩
-U install package, remove older one if such exists; -v verbose; -h show hashing marks during installation (or --percent). --oldpackage install older package.
# rpm -e ⟨package⟩
remove package
# rpm -U --test ⟨package⟩
test package installation, do not install. Nothing will be printed if the test was passed without any problems.
$ rpmls ⟨path-to-rpm⟩ list content of rpm. rpmdevtools has to be installed.
$ rpm2cpio ⟨path-to-rpm⟩ | cpio -iumdv
or, if you have installed rpmdevtools
$ rpmdev-extract ⟨path-to-rpm⟩
extract all files from rpm into current directory.
Edward C. Bailey, Taking the Red Hat Package Manager to the Limit