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Investigating Packages with RPM

The Red Hat Package Manager (RPM) handles the backend operation for the high-level package manager DNF. Although DNF provides all the functionality of RPM and more, you can still use RPM to gain information about software packages. In this hands-on lab, you will be tasked with querying and verifying RPM packages using the `rpm` command. *This lab is not approved or sponsored by Red Hat.*

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Clock icon Intermediate
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Clock icon 30m
Last updated
Clock icon Aug 23, 2025

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  1. Challenge

    Query Installed Packages

    • Use the rpm command to list all installed packages.
    • Use the rpm command to find out which package owns the /usr/bin/iostat command.
      • Display information about the package discovered.
      • List the configuration files provided by the package discovered.
      • View the changelog information about the package discovered.
    • Use the rpm command to find out which package owns the /var/lib/dav file.
      • Display information about the package.
      • List the documentation files for the package.
      • List the scripts that are used as part of the install and uninstall process package.

  2. Challenge

    Query Uninstalled Packages

    • Use the rpm command to display information about the nginx-1.14.1-9.module+el8.0.0+4108+af250afe.x86_64.rpm file located in /home/cloud_user/rpms.
      • List the dependencies for the package.
      • List the configuration files for the package.
      • View the changelog information for the package.
    • Use the rpm command to display information about the vsftpd-3.0.3-36.el8.x86_64.rpm file located in /home/cloud_user/rpms.
      • List all the files provided by the package.
      • List the documentation files for the package.
      • List the scripts that are used as part of the install and uninstall process for the package.

  3. Challenge

    Verify Packages

    • Use the rpm command to verify the nmap and mtr packages.
    • Use the rpm command to verify the sysstat package, but do not include group ownership in the verification.
    • Use the rpm command to verify the httpd package, but do not include dependencies/capabilities and major/minor devices in the verification.
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