List of packages installed and their location.

vipinsqa · 11-06-2014, 12:05 PM

Hi,

I would need a list of packages installed on linux host (Centos) and their corresponding install location. The output needs to be dumped to an output file.

I understand that the list of packages can be retrieved using "rpm -qa" command. However, not sure how can I retrieve the installation location along with the package name and dump together into a file.

Anyone has any idea how this can be achieved?

Please provide inputs.

Thanks.

Regards..!

ondoho · 11-06-2014, 01:24 PM

i have seen this thread on some other forum, where you were told that:
a) it's not that simple
b) be more precise (what's a service?)
c) nobody's going to write that script for you

it seems you weren't happy being told that, and did not provide any additional (and, may i say, real) info, and the thread just died.

now you're trying it here again - twice in slightly different wording.
how many more times will you try? are you honestly hoping the answers will be any different?

szboardstretcher · 11-06-2014, 01:29 PM

Really not that difficult.

a list of packages installed on linux host:

Code:

rpm -qa

and their corresponding install location

Code:

rpm -ql packagename

output needs to be dumped to an output file

Code:

>> outputfile.txt

All together in a oneliner:

For Centos/RHEL:

Code:

for i in $(rpm -qa); do echo "Package $i" >> somefile.txt; rpm -ql $i >> somefile.txt; done

For debian:

Code:

for i in $(dpkg --get-selections | awk {'print $1'}); do echo "Package $i" >> somefile.txt; dpkg -L $i >> somefile.txt; done

Quote:

c) nobody's going to write that script for you

It's really not a script. You don't get too many people willing to write out an entire script,.. but writing out a quick oneliner shouldn't be much of a stretch.

Habitual · 11-06-2014, 01:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ondoho

i have seen this thread on some other forum, where you were told that:
a) it's not that simple
b) be more precise (what's a service?)
c) nobody's going to write that script for you

it seems you weren't happy being told that, and did not provide any additional (and, may i say, real) info, and the thread just died.

now you're trying it here again - twice in slightly different wording.
how many more times will you try? are you honestly hoping the answers will be any different?

Apparently not...https://www.linuxquestions.org/quest...on-4175524294/ and now it's gone. Oh well that ends well.

vipinsqa · 11-07-2014, 02:25 AM

Dear szboardstretcher,

Thanks a lot for the revert. It worked for me.

Cheers!