Querying RPMs/RPMDBs

• rpm -qi antiword queries default DB

• rpm --dbpath /opt/products/RPMDB -qi antiword

  • queries DB for products

• rpm -qip antiword-1.2-3.rpm queries RPM file

• query formats: similar to printf

  • rpm -qa --queryformat='%{name} - %{version} \n'
  • rpm --querytags
    • prints a list (currently 114 tags)