command to get install path of applications/rpm packages in linux

sspp · 06-30-2010, 05:21 AM

Hi all,

I am looking out for a command which can give me the list of applications installed and the corresponding install paths for those. Could you please let me know if there is any such command.
Also, i am using rpm command to get the list of packages installed(i am assuming that this shows the list of applications installed). Please let me know if i am wrong in my understanding, or if there is any other proper command to get this information.

Thanks in advance.

unSpawn · 06-30-2010, 05:45 AM

Either pipe output from your "rpm command to get the list of packages installed" into xargs to execute rpm with the "-ql" switch (as in 'rpm -qg 'System Environment/Kernel' --qf='%{name}\n'|xargs rpm -ql') or run 'rpm -qa --dump'?

sspp · 07-01-2010, 01:19 AM

Thank you for your response.
I am not sure if i have put my question clearly.
My aim is to get the list of installed applications and a single install path for each appliation.
for example: apache - /usr/bin - something of this sort.
Not in this way - /usr/bin/xx.exe, /usr/include/yy.h

so i have two queries:
1) is "rpm -qa" command the correct one to get list of applications? because currently this command lists things like libraries also(glibc, etc). If not, then what is the correct command?
2) "rpm -ql" gives out the list of all files and their paths for one particular package. This is not what i wanted. I require a single install path for a particular application. Like - apache - /usr/bin

Thanks.

unSpawn · 07-01-2010, 03:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sspp

I am not sure if i have put my question clearly. My aim is to get the list of installed applications and a single install path for each appliation.
for example: apache - /usr/bin - something of this sort. Not in this way - /usr/bin/xx.exe, /usr/include/yy.h

Your question is clear, as far as I'm concerned, but the idea behind it is wrong as there generally speaking are no "single install paths" (OK, other than those decided by the compile-time --prefix switch like /, /usr, /opt, /usr/local). See the FSSTND, FHS, LSB or whatever other system layout standard is current.

General.TerroR! · 07-16-2010, 06:07 PM

Hello everyone,
I have a similar query regarding RPM.

Is there a command to know " From where a specific RPM package was downloaded & installed ( The full HTTP/FTP path ) " ?

For example, if I had previously installed Firefox from here ftp://rpmfind.net/linux/fedora/updat...c13.x86_64.rpm

is there a specific rpm query, or any other place, from where I can get the full ftp path back.