topic Re: Installed location of a package in Operating System - Linux

Installed location of a package

Vibhor Kumar Agarwal — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 09:16:16 GMT

Hi,
I want to find the installed location of a RPM. The RPM might be installed in normal location or might be relocated as well.

Aware of the "rpm -ql" command which gives the list of files.

Is there any other way to find the location?

Re: Installed location of a package

Nuwan Alwis — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 02:12:14 GMT

Hi Kumar,
I dont think rpm -ql will help you in this because it only does is list the files inside your rpm.

There is no single command i know to solve your problem but i can suggest you this.
1)get the "rpm -ql pakage.rpm" out put.
this will list you what ever the files going get installed on the system.

2) use "find" or "locate" to find the location of the files got from step 1s output.
eg: "find / -name name-of-file"
if u r planing to use "locate" run "updatedb" prior to "locate"

3)use "rpm -qf /file/path/from/step2" to verify what rpm installed this file on the system.

Hope this is what you wanted to do.

Good Luck....!

Re: Installed location of a package

Asif Sharif — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 02:47:18 GMT

Hi Agarwal,

The best way you already mentioned, e.g. "rpm -ql" besides that you may use find or locate command but i don't think so your desire result will be fulfill.

Regards,
Asif Sharif

Re: Installed location of a package

Vibhor Kumar Agarwal — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 04:43:24 GMT

Looks like the RPM guys haven't made a command to find the location.

I will have to go with the tedious & lengthier way.

Thanks

Re: Installed location of a package

Ivan Ferreira — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 15:36:58 GMT

What about:

rpm -q --queryformat %{installprefix}"\n" postfix

Check tags with:

rpm --querytags

"The INSTALLPREFIX tag is used to display the actual path used when a relocatable package was installed."

Re: Installed location of a package

Vibhor Kumar Agarwal — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 05:57:27 GMT

Cool
That was what I was looking for.

Thanks