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Old 02-24-2011, 11:33 PM   #1
maobin
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Using rpm -qa


Hi,
does any one have any idea how can I find the location of the files I listed using rpm -qa?

eg,
1 of the result returned from rpm -qa is yum-3.2.22-20.el5 how can I find the location of this program?
 
Old 02-25-2011, 12:04 AM   #2
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Code:
rpm -ql yum-3.2.22-20.el5
'yum' isn't just one program, though.

And if you used the 'yum -qa' output in a for loop, you'd end up printing a massive number of files and their locations...

Code:
[root@athlonz ~]# rpm -ql yum-3.2.24-2.fc10.noarch
/etc/logrotate.d/yum
/etc/yum
/etc/yum.conf
/etc/yum.repos.d
/etc/yum/pluginconf.d
/usr/bin/yum
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/rpmUtils
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/rpmUtils/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/rpmUtils/__init__.pyc
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/rpmUtils/__init__.pyo
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/rpmUtils/arch.py
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/rpmUtils/arch.pyc
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/rpmUtils/arch.pyo
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/rpmUtils/miscutils.py
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/rpmUtils/miscutils.pyc
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/rpmUtils/miscutils.pyo
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/rpmUtils/oldUtils.py
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/rpmUtils/oldUtils.pyc
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/rpmUtils/oldUtils.pyo
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/rpmUtils/transaction.py
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/rpmUtils/transaction.pyc
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/rpmUtils/transaction.pyo
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/rpmUtils/updates.py
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/rpmUtils/updates.pyc
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/rpmUtils/updates.pyo
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/Errors.py
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/Errors.pyc
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/Errors.pyo
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/__init__.pyc
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/__init__.pyo
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/callbacks.py
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/callbacks.pyc
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/callbacks.pyo
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/comps.py
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/comps.pyc
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/comps.pyo
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/config.py
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/config.pyc
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/config.pyo
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/constants.py
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/constants.pyc
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/constants.pyo
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/depsolve.py
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/depsolve.pyc
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/depsolve.pyo
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/failover.py
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/failover.pyc
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/failover.pyo
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/i18n.py
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/i18n.pyc
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/i18n.pyo
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/logginglevels.py
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/logginglevels.pyc
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/logginglevels.pyo
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/mdparser.py
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/mdparser.pyc
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/mdparser.pyo
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/metalink.py
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/metalink.pyc
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/metalink.pyo
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/misc.py
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/misc.pyc
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/misc.pyo
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/packageSack.py
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/packageSack.pyc
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/packageSack.pyo
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/packages.py
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/packages.pyc
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/packages.pyo
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/parser.py
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/parser.pyc
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/parser.pyo
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/pgpmsg.py
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/pgpmsg.pyc
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/pgpmsg.pyo
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/plugins.py
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/plugins.pyc
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/plugins.pyo
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/repoMDObject.py
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/repoMDObject.pyc
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/repoMDObject.pyo
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/repos.py
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/repos.pyc
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/repos.pyo
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/rpmsack.py
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/rpmsack.pyc
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/rpmsack.pyo
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/rpmtrans.py
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/rpmtrans.pyc
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/rpmtrans.pyo
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/sqlitesack.py
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/sqlitesack.pyc
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/sqlitesack.pyo
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/sqlutils.py
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/sqlutils.pyc
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/sqlutils.pyo
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/transactioninfo.py
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/transactioninfo.pyc
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/transactioninfo.pyo
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/update_md.py
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/update_md.pyc
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/update_md.pyo
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/yumRepo.py
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/yumRepo.pyc
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/yumRepo.pyo
/usr/lib/yum-plugins
/usr/share/doc/yum-3.2.24
/usr/share/doc/yum-3.2.24/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/yum-3.2.24/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/yum-3.2.24/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/yum-3.2.24/INSTALL
/usr/share/doc/yum-3.2.24/README
/usr/share/doc/yum-3.2.24/TODO
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/yum.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/yum.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/yum.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/yum.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/yum.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/yum.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/yum.mo
/usr/share/locale/ms/LC_MESSAGES/yum.mo
/usr/share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/yum.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/yum.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/yum.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/yum.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/yum.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/yum.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr@latin/LC_MESSAGES/yum.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/yum.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/yum.mo
/usr/share/man/man5/yum.conf.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/yum-shell.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/yum.8.gz
/usr/share/yum-cli
/usr/share/yum-cli/callback.py
/usr/share/yum-cli/callback.pyc
/usr/share/yum-cli/callback.pyo
/usr/share/yum-cli/cli.py
/usr/share/yum-cli/cli.pyc
/usr/share/yum-cli/cli.pyo
/usr/share/yum-cli/output.py
/usr/share/yum-cli/output.pyc
/usr/share/yum-cli/output.pyo
/usr/share/yum-cli/shell.py
/usr/share/yum-cli/shell.pyc
/usr/share/yum-cli/shell.pyo
/usr/share/yum-cli/utils.py
/usr/share/yum-cli/utils.pyc
/usr/share/yum-cli/utils.pyo
/usr/share/yum-cli/yumcommands.py
/usr/share/yum-cli/yumcommands.pyc
/usr/share/yum-cli/yumcommands.pyo
/usr/share/yum-cli/yummain.py
/usr/share/yum-cli/yummain.pyc
/usr/share/yum-cli/yummain.pyo
/var/cache/yum
/var/lib/yum
[root@athlonz ~]#

Last edited by tommylovell; 02-25-2011 at 12:06 AM.
 
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Old 02-25-2011, 12:26 AM   #3
maobin
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Quote:
Originally Posted by tommylovell View Post
Code:
rpm -ql yum-3.2.22-20.el5
'yum' isn't just one program, though.

And if you used the 'yum -qa' output in a for loop, you'd end up printing a massive number of files and their locations...

Code:
[root@athlonz ~]# rpm -ql yum-3.2.24-2.fc10.noarch
/etc/logrotate.d/yum
/etc/yum
/etc/yum.conf
/etc/yum.repos.d
/etc/yum/pluginconf.d
/usr/bin/yum
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/rpmUtils
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/rpmUtils/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/rpmUtils/__init__.pyc
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/rpmUtils/__init__.pyo
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/rpmUtils/arch.py
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/rpmUtils/arch.pyc
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/rpmUtils/arch.pyo
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/rpmUtils/miscutils.py
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/rpmUtils/miscutils.pyc
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/rpmUtils/miscutils.pyo
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/rpmUtils/oldUtils.py
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/rpmUtils/oldUtils.pyc
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/rpmUtils/oldUtils.pyo
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/rpmUtils/transaction.py
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/rpmUtils/transaction.pyc
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/rpmUtils/transaction.pyo
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/rpmUtils/updates.py
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/rpmUtils/updates.pyc
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/rpmUtils/updates.pyo
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/Errors.py
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/Errors.pyc
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/Errors.pyo
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/__init__.pyc
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/__init__.pyo
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/callbacks.py
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/callbacks.pyc
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/callbacks.pyo
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/comps.py
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/comps.pyc
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/comps.pyo
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/config.py
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/config.pyc
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/config.pyo
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/constants.py
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/constants.pyc
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/constants.pyo
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/depsolve.py
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/depsolve.pyc
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/depsolve.pyo
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/failover.py
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/failover.pyc
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/failover.pyo
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/i18n.py
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/i18n.pyc
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/i18n.pyo
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/logginglevels.py
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/logginglevels.pyc
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/logginglevels.pyo
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/mdparser.py
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/mdparser.pyc
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/mdparser.pyo
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/metalink.py
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/metalink.pyc
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/metalink.pyo
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/misc.py
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/misc.pyc
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/misc.pyo
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/packageSack.py
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/packageSack.pyc
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/packageSack.pyo
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/packages.py
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/packages.pyc
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/packages.pyo
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/parser.py
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/parser.pyc
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/parser.pyo
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/pgpmsg.py
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/pgpmsg.pyc
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/pgpmsg.pyo
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/plugins.py
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/plugins.pyc
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/plugins.pyo
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/repoMDObject.py
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/repoMDObject.pyc
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/repoMDObject.pyo
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/repos.py
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/repos.pyc
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/repos.pyo
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/rpmsack.py
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/rpmsack.pyc
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/rpmsack.pyo
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/rpmtrans.py
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/rpmtrans.pyc
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/rpmtrans.pyo
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/sqlitesack.py
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/sqlitesack.pyc
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/sqlitesack.pyo
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/sqlutils.py
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/sqlutils.pyc
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/sqlutils.pyo
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/transactioninfo.py
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/transactioninfo.pyc
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/transactioninfo.pyo
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/update_md.py
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/update_md.pyc
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/update_md.pyo
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/yumRepo.py
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/yumRepo.pyc
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/yumRepo.pyo
/usr/lib/yum-plugins
/usr/share/doc/yum-3.2.24
/usr/share/doc/yum-3.2.24/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/yum-3.2.24/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/yum-3.2.24/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/yum-3.2.24/INSTALL
/usr/share/doc/yum-3.2.24/README
/usr/share/doc/yum-3.2.24/TODO
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/yum.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/yum.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/yum.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/yum.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/yum.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/yum.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/yum.mo
/usr/share/locale/ms/LC_MESSAGES/yum.mo
/usr/share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/yum.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/yum.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/yum.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/yum.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/yum.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/yum.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr@latin/LC_MESSAGES/yum.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/yum.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/yum.mo
/usr/share/man/man5/yum.conf.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/yum-shell.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/yum.8.gz
/usr/share/yum-cli
/usr/share/yum-cli/callback.py
/usr/share/yum-cli/callback.pyc
/usr/share/yum-cli/callback.pyo
/usr/share/yum-cli/cli.py
/usr/share/yum-cli/cli.pyc
/usr/share/yum-cli/cli.pyo
/usr/share/yum-cli/output.py
/usr/share/yum-cli/output.pyc
/usr/share/yum-cli/output.pyo
/usr/share/yum-cli/shell.py
/usr/share/yum-cli/shell.pyc
/usr/share/yum-cli/shell.pyo
/usr/share/yum-cli/utils.py
/usr/share/yum-cli/utils.pyc
/usr/share/yum-cli/utils.pyo
/usr/share/yum-cli/yumcommands.py
/usr/share/yum-cli/yumcommands.pyc
/usr/share/yum-cli/yumcommands.pyo
/usr/share/yum-cli/yummain.py
/usr/share/yum-cli/yummain.pyc
/usr/share/yum-cli/yummain.pyo
/var/cache/yum
/var/lib/yum
[root@athlonz ~]#
Thanks alot.. i have spent the last 1 hr trying to get the locations of the programs. Thank you
 
  


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