RPM/yum/dnf Cheatsheet

rpm_cheatsheet.sh

#Extract files from an RPM 
rpm2cpio ./packagecloud-test-1.1-1.x86_64.rpm | cpio -idmv 

#List files in an RPM 
rpm -qlpv ./packagecloud-test-1.1-1.x86_64.rpm

#List files in an installed RPM
rpm -ql packagecloud-test

#Show RPM preinstall and postinstall scripts
rpm -qp --scripts ./packagecloud-test-1.1-1.x86_64.rpm

#View contents of a repo on a remote repository
repoquery --list <packagename>

#Downloading matching files from a remote repo via DNF
sudo dnf install --downloadonly --downloaddir=. 'package-prefix*'

#Print list of files in RPM package with name as a separator
rpm --queryformat "%{NAME} %{SIZE}\n" -qlpv '../../../fb-ncipher*' | less