🐧 Package management
Sort RPMs by size
rpm -qa --queryformat '%{size} %{name}\n' | sort -rn | more
Extract rpm into current folder instead of installing:
rpm2cpio boost-system-1.53.0-23.el7.x86_64.rpm | cpio -idmv
Trace a binary or file to the RPM that installed it:
yum whatprovides /usr/lib64/libdbus-c++-1.so.0
or this:
rpm -qf /usr/lib64/libdbus-c++-1.so.0
Yum/dnf revert
If a yum remove wiped out several packages, do this:
dnf history# note the id of the bad removal herednf history undo 96
yum/dnf will reinstall all the packages that were removed in that id.
Dependencies of a package
This command shows what other packages need the queried package:
repoquery --whatrequires libunwind
Another way, without using repoquery:
rpm -q --whatrequires python-ipaddress
This command shows what other packages need to be installed for a queried package:
yum deplist nginx