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05-08-2017, 12:05 PM
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Senior Member
Registered: Jan 2004
Posts: 1,420
Rep: 
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Better way to query packages on a RHEL system?
Working with RHEL 6.8 x86_64 and working to install 3rd party software.
I have to query the default install to confirm what packages are installed and if they are the correct version. I'm basically just typing this command this over and over:
Code:
rpm -qa | grep -i "insert package here" >> /tmp/output.txt
Say when I query Python, I got back more packages then I wanted, so I had to do some cleanup of output.txt file.
Is there a better way to go about doing this?
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05-08-2017, 12:16 PM
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#2
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Senior Member
Registered: Mar 2004
Location: UK
Distribution: CentOS 6/7
Posts: 1,375
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yum list installed 'package'
I.E.
Code:
$ yum list installed 'php*'
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror
Determining fastest mirrors
* base: centos.mirroring.pulsant.co.uk
* epel: mirror.freethought-internet.co.uk
* remi-php70: remi.mirror.wearetriple.com
* remi-safe: remi.mirror.wearetriple.com
* updates: mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net
Installed Packages
php-cli.x86_64 7.0.11-1.el7.remi @remi-php70
php-common.x86_64 7.0.11-1.el7.remi @remi-php70
php-fpm.x86_64 7.0.11-1.el7.remi @remi-php70
php-gd.x86_64 7.0.11-1.el7.remi @remi-php70
php-imap.x86_64 7.0.11-1.el7.remi @remi-php70
php-json.x86_64 7.0.11-1.el7.remi @remi-php70
php-ldap.x86_64 7.0.11-1.el7.remi @remi-php70
php-mysqlnd.x86_64 7.0.11-1.el7.remi @remi-php70
php-opcache.x86_64 7.0.11-1.el7.remi @remi-php70
php-pdo.x86_64 7.0.11-1.el7.remi @remi-php70
php-xml.x86_64 7.0.11-1.el7.remi @remi-php70
Giving no package name will return ALL installed packages.
Last edited by r3sistance; 05-08-2017 at 12:18 PM.
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05-08-2017, 07:56 PM
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#3
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Senior Member
Registered: Jan 2004
Posts: 1,420
Original Poster
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A little better, however still have to manipulate it via cli to clean it up:
Code:
[root@server etc]# yum list installed 'python*'
Loaded plugins: amazon-id, rhui-lb, search-disabled-repos
Installed Packages
python.x86_64 2.7.5-48.el7 @rhui-REGION-rhel-server-releases
python-IPy.noarch 0.75-6.el7 @anaconda/7.0
python-babel.noarch 0.9.6-8.el7 @rhui-REGION-rhel-server-releases
python-backports.x86_64 1.0-8.el7 @rhui-REGION-rhel-server-releases
python-backports-ssl_match_hostname.noarch 3.4.0.2-4.el7 @anaconda/7.0
python-caribou.noarch 0.4.16-1.el7 @rhui-REGION-rhel-server-releases
python-chardet.noarch 2.0.1-7.el7 @anaconda/7.0
python-chardet.noarch 2.2.1-1.el7_1 installed
python-cheetah.x86_64 2.4.4-5.el7 @koji-override-0/7.0
python-configobj.noarch 4.7.2-7.el7 @anaconda/7.0
python-dateutil.noarch 1.5-7.el7 @anaconda/7.0
python-decorator.noarch 3.4.0-3.el7 @anaconda/7.0
python-dmidecode.x86_64 3.10.13-11.el7 @anaconda/7.0
python-ethtool.x86_64 0.8-5.el7 @anaconda/7.0
python-gudev.x86_64 147.2-7.el7 @anaconda/7.0
python-hwdata.noarch 1.7.3-4.el7 @anaconda/7.0
python-iniparse.noarch 0.4-9.el7 @anaconda/7.0
python-jinja2.noarch 2.7.2-2.el7 @rhui-REGION-rhel-server-releases
python-jsonpatch.noarch 1.2-2.el7 @koji-override-0/7.0
python-jsonpointer.noarch 1.9-2.el7 @rhui-REGION-rhel-server-releases
python-kitchen.noarch 1.1.1-5.el7 @anaconda/7.0
python-libs.x86_64 2.7.5-48.el7 @rhui-REGION-rhel-server-releases
python-lxml.x86_64 3.2.1-4.el7 @anaconda/7.0
python-magic.noarch 5.11-33.el7 @rhui-REGION-rhel-server-releases
python-markdown.noarch 2.4.1-1.el7 @epel
python-markupsafe.x86_64 0.11-10.el7 @rhui-REGION-rhel-server-releases
python-perf.x86_64 3.10.0-514.16.1.el7 @rhui-REGION-rhel-server-releases
python-pillow.x86_64 2.0.0-19.gitd1c6db8.el7 @rhui-REGION-rhel-server-releases
python-prettytable.noarch 0.7.2-1.el7 @koji-override-0/7.0
python-pycurl.x86_64 7.19.0-19.el7 @rhui-REGION-rhel-server-releases
python-pygments.noarch 1.4-9.el7 @koji-override-0/7.0
python-pyudev.noarch 0.15-7.el7_2.1 @rhui-REGION-rhel-server-releases
python-requests.noarch 2.6.0-1.el7_1 @rhui-REGION-rhel-server-releases
python-rhsm.x86_64 1.17.9-1.el7 @rhui-REGION-rhel-server-releases
python-rhsm-certificates.x86_64 1.17.9-1.el7 @rhui-REGION-rhel-server-releases
python-setuptools.noarch 0.9.8-4.el7 @rhui-REGION-rhel-server-releases
python-six.noarch 1.9.0-2.el7 @rhui-REGION-rhel-server-releases
python-urlgrabber.noarch 3.10-8.el7 @rhui-REGION-rhel-server-releases
python-urllib3.noarch 1.5-8.el7 @anaconda/7.0
python-urllib3.noarch 1.10.2-2.el7_1 installed
python2-boto.noarch 2.45.0-3.el7 @epel
python2-pyasn1.noarch 0.1.9-7.el7 @rhui-REGION-rhel-server-releases
python2-rsa.noarch
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05-08-2017, 09:11 PM
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#4
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LQ Veteran
Registered: Aug 2003
Location: Australia
Distribution: Lots ...
Posts: 21,286
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What do you expect ? - you used "-a" and a glob .... :sheesh:
If you want just (base) python use "python" in either rpm -q or dnf.
If you are running this a lot, a better idea might be to list the lot to a file and just use grep on that.
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05-08-2017, 09:22 PM
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#5
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Senior Member
Registered: Aug 2009
Distribution: Rocky Linux
Posts: 4,797
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In RHEL, there is a package "rpm-cron" that you can install. It will, daily, list all installed packages into file /var/log/rpmpkgs. Running grep on that file is quite fast.
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05-08-2017, 11:52 PM
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Member
Registered: Jul 2013
Posts: 749
Rep: 
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Quote:
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yum list installed "*<partial_name>*"
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For example, if you want to see available geany plugins you could run
will show any packages, installed or not, with "geany" in the package name.
Last edited by Doug G; 05-08-2017 at 11:53 PM.
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05-09-2017, 12:55 AM
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#7
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Senior Member
Registered: Feb 2003
Distribution: debian
Posts: 4,137
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No solution for Redhat, but this is why I always end up back on debian. Basically I don't need to google to find things.
$ # find by filename
$ apt-file find file.h
$ # find by partial package name, even those NOT installed
$ dpkg-query --load-avail -l '*lib*sdl*'
$ # more current method of mostly the same
$ apt-cache search --names-only sdl | grep lib
$ # show specs on a package before you install it
$ apt-cache show alsa-utils
$ # show contents of a package, even those NOT installed
$ apt-file list devscripts
$ # same for the .deb file
$ dpkg -c package.deb
$ # or if you're curious and want to find things randomly with only one command
$ less /var/lib/dpkg/available
$ # although that requires dselect installed and dselect update
$ # to populate the mostly deprecated available file
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05-09-2017, 02:04 AM
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#8
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LQ Muse
Registered: Aug 2005
Location: A2 area Mi.
Posts: 17,647
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i prefer
Code:
yum provides /usr/lib64/libgimp-2.0*
that will tell you WHAT package to install to get it |
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