# rpm

## NAME



           rpm - RPM Package Manager
    


## SYNOPSIS



       **QUERYING AND VERIFYING PACKAGES**
           **rpm**{**-q|--query**} [**select-options**] [**query-options**]
    
           **rpm --querytags**
    
           **rpm**{**-V|--verify**} [**select-options**] [**verify-options**]
    
       **INSTALLING, UPGRADING, AND REMOVING PACKAGES**
           **rpm**{**-i|--install**} [**install-options**] _PACKAGE_FILE ..._
    
           **rpm**{**-U|--upgrade**} [**install-options**] _PACKAGE_FILE ..._
    
           **rpm**{**-F|--freshen**} [**install-options**] _PACKAGE_FILE ..._
    
           **rpm**{**--reinstall**} [**install-options**] _PACKAGE_FILE ..._
    
           **rpm**{**-e|--erase**} [**--allmatches**] [**--justdb**] [**--nodb**] [**--nodeps**]
           [**--noscripts**] [**--notriggers**] [**--test**] _PACKAGE_NAME ..._
    
       **MISCELLANEOUS**
           **rpm --showrc**
    
           **rpm --restore**[**select-options**]
    
       **select-options**
           [_PACKAGE_NAME_] [**-a,--all [**_SELECTOR_]] [**-f,--file** _FILE_] [**--path**
           _PATH_] [**-g,--group** _GROUP_] [**-p,--package** _PACKAGE_FILE_] [**--tid** _TID_]
           [**--querybynumber** _HDRNUM_] [**--triggeredby** _PACKAGE_NAME_]
           [**--whatprovides** _CAPABILITY_] [**--whatrequires** _CAPABILITY_]
           [**--whatrecommends** _CAPABILITY_] [**--whatsuggests** _CAPABILITY_]
           [**--whatsupplements** _CAPABILITY_] [**--whatenhances** _CAPABILITY_]
           [**--whatobsoletes** _CAPABILITY_] [**--whatconflicts** _CAPABILITY_]
    
       **query-options**
           General: [**--changelog**] [**--changes**] [**--dupes**] [**-i,--info**] [**--last**]
           [**--qf,--queryformat** _QUERYFMT_] [**--xml**] [**--json**]
    
           Dependencies: [**--conflicts**] [**--enhances**] [**--obsoletes**]
           [**--provides**] [**--recommends**] [**-R,--requires**] [**--suggests**]
           [**--supplements**]
    
           Files: [**-c,--configfiles**] [**-d,--docfiles**] [**--dump**] [**--fileclass**]
           [**--filecolor**] [**--fileprovide**][**--filerequire**] [**--filecaps**]
           [**--filesbypkg**] [**-l,--list**] [**-s,--state**] [**--noartifact**] [**--noghost**]
           [**--noconfig**]
    
           Scripts and triggers: [**--filetriggers**] [**--scripts**]
           [**--triggers,--triggerscripts**]
    
       **verify-options**
           [**--nodeps**] [**--nofiles**] [**--noscripts**] [**--nodigest**] [**--nosignature**]
           [**--nolinkto**] [**--nofiledigest**] [**--nosize**] [**--nouser**] [**--nogroup**]
           [**--nomtime**] [**--nomode**] [**--nordev**] [**--nocaps**]
    
       **install-options**
           [**--allfiles**] [**--badreloc**] [**--excludepath** _OLDPATH_] [**--excludedocs**]
           [**--force**] [**-h,--hash**] [**--ignoresize**] [**--ignorearch**] [**--ignoreos**]
           [**--includedocs**] [**--justdb**] [**–nodb**] [**--nodeps**] [**--nodigest**]
           [**--noplugins**] [**--nocaps**] [**--noorder**] [**--noverify**] [**--nosignature**]
           [**--noscripts**] [**--notriggers**] [**--oldpackage**] [**--percent**] [**--prefix**
           _NEWPATH_] [**--relocate** _OLDPATH_**=**_NEWPATH_] [**--replacefiles**]
           [**--replacepkgs**] [**--test**]
    


## DESCRIPTION



           **rpm** is a powerful **Package Manager** , which can be used to build,
           install, query, verify, update, and erase individual software
           packages.  A **package** consists of an archive of files and meta-data
           used to install and erase the archive files.  The meta-data
           includes helper scripts, file attributes, and descriptive
           information about the package.  **Packages** come in two varieties:
           binary packages, used to encapsulate software to be installed, and
           source packages, containing the source code and recipe necessary
           to produce binary packages.
    
           One of the following basic modes must be selected: **Query** , **Verify** ,
           **Install/Upgrade/Freshen/Reinstall** , **Uninstall** , **Set Owners/Groups** ,
           **Show Querytags** , and **Show Configuration**.
    
       **GENERAL OPTIONS**
           These options can be used in all the different modes.
    
           **-?, --help**
                  Print a longer usage message than normal.
    
           **--version**
                  Print a single line containing the version number of **rpm**
                  being used.
    
           **--quiet**
                  Print as little as possible - normally only error messages
                  will be displayed.
    
           **-v, --verbose**
                  Print verbose information - normally routine progress
                  messages will be displayed.
    
           **-vv** Print lots of ugly debugging information.
    
           **--rcfile** _FILELIST_
                  Replace the default list of configuration files to be read
                  with _FILELIST_.  See **rpmrc Configuration** for details.
    
           **--load** _FILE_
                  Load an individual macro file.
    
           **--macros** _FILELIST_
                  Replace the list of macro files to be loaded with _FILELIST_.
                  See **Macro Configuration** for details.
    
           **--pipe** _CMD_
                  Pipes the output of **rpm** to the command _CMD_.
    
           **--dbpath** _DIRECTORY_
                  Use the database in _DIRECTORY_ rather than the default path
                  _/var/lib/rpm_.
    
           **--root** _DIRECTORY_
                  Use the file system tree rooted at _DIRECTORY_ for all
                  operations.  Note that this means the database within
                  _DIRECTORY_ will be used for dependency checks and any
                  scriptlet(s) (e.g. **%post** if installing, or **%prep** if
                  building, a package) will be run after a chroot(2) to
                  _DIRECTORY_.
    
                  Note that rpm assumes the environment inside the root is
                  set up by the caller, such as any mounts needed for the
                  operation inside the root directory.
    
           **-D, --define='**_MACRO EXPR_**'**
                  Defines _MACRO_ with value _EXPR_.
    
           **--undefine='**_MACRO_**'**
                  Undefines _MACRO_.
    
           **-E, --eval='**_EXPR_**'**
                  Prints macro expansion of _EXPR_.
    
           More - less often needed - options can be found on the rpm-misc(8)
           man page.
    
       **INSTALL AND UPGRADE OPTIONS**
           In these options, _PACKAGE_FILE_ can be either **rpm** binary file or
           ASCII package manifest (see **PACKAGE SELECTION OPTIONS**), and may be
           specified as an **ftp** or **http** URL, in which case the package will be
           downloaded before being installed.  See **FTP/HTTP OPTIONS** for
           information on **rpm** 's **ftp** and **http** client support.
    
           The general form of an **rpm** install command is
    
           **rpm**{**-i|--install**} [**install-options**] _PACKAGE_FILE ..._
    
           This installs a new package.
    
           The general form of an **rpm** upgrade command is
    
           **rpm**{**-U|--upgrade**} [**install-options**] _PACKAGE_FILE ..._
    
           This upgrades or installs the package currently installed to a
           newer version.  This is the same as install, except all other
           version(s) of the package are removed after the new package is
           installed.
    
           **rpm**{**-F|--freshen**} [**install-options**] _PACKAGE_FILE ..._
    
           This will upgrade packages, but only ones for which an earlier
           version is installed.
    
           The general form of an **rpm** reinstall command is
    
           **rpm**{**--reinstall**} [**install-options**] _PACKAGE_FILE ..._
    
           This reinstalls a previously installed package.
    
           **--allfiles**
                  Installs or upgrades all the missingok files in the
                  package, regardless if they exist.
    
           **--badreloc**
                  Used with **--relocate** , permit relocations on all file paths,
                  not just those _OLDPATH_ 's included in the binary package
                  relocation hint(s).
    
           **--excludepath** _OLDPATH_
                  Don't install files whose name begins with _OLDPATH_.
    
           **--excludeartifacts**
                  Don't install any files which are marked as artifacts, such
                  as build-id links.
    
           **--excludedocs**
                  Don't install any files which are marked as documentation
                  (which includes man pages and texinfo documents).
    
           **--force**
                  Same as using **--replacepkgs** , **--replacefiles** , and
                  **--oldpackage**.
    
           **-h, --hash**
                  Print 50 hash marks as the package archive is unpacked.
                  Use with **-v|--verbose** for a nicer display.
    
           **--ignoresize**
                  Don't check mount file systems for sufficient disk space
                  before installing this package.
    
           **--ignorearch**
                  Allow installation or upgrading even if the architectures
                  of the binary package and host don't match.
    
           **--ignoreos**
                  Allow installation or upgrading even if the operating
                  systems of the binary package and host don't match.
    
           **--includedocs**
                  Install documentation files.  This is the default behavior.
    
           **--justdb**
                  Update only the database, not the filesystem.
    
           **--nodb** Update only the filesystem, not the database.
    
           **--nodigest**
                  Don't verify package or header digests when reading.
    
           **--nomanifest**
                  Don't process non-package files as manifests.
    
           **--nosignature**
                  Don't verify package or header signatures when reading.
    
           **--nodeps**
                  Don't do a dependency check before installing or upgrading
                  a package.
    
           **--nocaps**
                  Don't set file capabilities.
    
           **--noorder**
                  Don't reorder the packages for an install.  The list of
                  packages would normally be reordered to satisfy
                  dependencies.
    
           **--noverify**
                  Don't perform verify package files prior to installation.
    
           **--noplugins**
                  Do not load and execute plugins.
    
           **--noscripts** , **--nopre** , **--nopost** , **--nopreun** , **--nopostun** ,
           **--nopretrans** , **--noposttrans** , **--nopreuntrans** , **--nopostuntrans**
                  Don't execute the scriptlet of the same name.  The
                  **--noscripts** option is equivalent to
    
           **--nopre --nopost --nopreun --nopostun --nopretrans --noposttrans**
           **--nopreuntrans --nopostuntrans**
    
           and turns off the execution of the corresponding **%pre** , **%post** ,
           **%preun** , **%postun %pretrans** , **%posttrans** , **%preuntrans** and
           **%postuntrans** scriptlet(s).
    
           **--notriggers** , **--notriggerin** , **--notriggerun** , **--notriggerprein** ,
           **--notriggerpostun**
                  Don't execute any trigger scriptlet of the named type.  The
                  **--notriggers** option is equivalent to
    
           **--notriggerprein --notriggerin --notriggerun --notriggerpostun**
    
           and turns off execution of the corresponding **%triggerprein** ,
           **%triggerin** , **%triggerun** , and **%triggerpostun** scriptlet(s).
    
           **--nosysusers**
                  Don’t create sysusers from packages
    
           **--oldpackage**
                  Allow an upgrade to replace a newer package with an older
                  one.
    
           **--percent**
                  Print percentages as files are unpacked from the package
                  archive.  This is intended to make **rpm** easy to run from
                  other tools.
    
           **--prefix** _NEWPATH_
                  For relocatable binary packages, translate all file paths
                  that start with the installation prefix in the package
                  relocation hint(s) to _NEWPATH_.
    
           **--relocate** _OLDPATH_**=**_NEWPATH_
                  For relocatable binary packages, translate all file paths
                  that start with _OLDPATH_ in the package relocation hint(s)
                  to _NEWPATH_.  This option can be used repeatedly if several
                  _OLDPATH_ 's in the package are to be relocated.
    
           **--replacefiles**
                  Install the packages even if they replace files from other,
                  already installed, packages.
    
           **--replacepkgs**
                  Install the packages even if some of them are already
                  installed on this system.
    
           **--test** Do not install the package, simply check for and report
                  potential conflicts.
    
       **ERASE OPTIONS**
           The general form of an **rpm** erase command is
    
           **rpm**{**-e|--erase**} [**--allmatches**] [**--justdb] [--nodeps**]
           [**--noscripts**] [**--notriggers**] [**--test**] _PACKAGE_NAME ..._
    
           The following options may also be used:
    
           **--allmatches**
                  Remove all versions of the package which match
                  _PACKAGE_NAME_.  Normally an error is issued if _PACKAGE_NAME_
                  matches multiple packages.
    
           **--justdb**
                  Update only the database, not the filesystem.
    
           **--nodeps**
                  Don't check dependencies before uninstalling the packages.
    
           **--noscripts** , **--nopreun** , **--nopostun**
                  Don't execute the scriptlet of the same name.  The
                  **--noscripts** option during package erase is equivalent to
    
           **--nopreun --nopostun**
    
           and turns off the execution of the corresponding **%preun** , and
           **%postun** scriptlet(s).
    
           **--notriggers** , **--notriggerun** , **--notriggerpostun**
                  Don't execute any trigger scriptlet of the named type.  The
                  **--notriggers** option is equivalent to
    
           **--notriggerun --notriggerpostun**
    
           and turns off execution of the corresponding **%triggerun** , and
           **%triggerpostun** scriptlet(s).
    
           **--test** Don't really uninstall anything, just go through the
                  motions.  Useful in conjunction with the **-vv** option for
                  debugging.
    
       **QUERY OPTIONS**
           The general form of an **rpm** query command is
    
           **rpm**{**-q|--query**} [**select-options**] [**query-options**]
    
           You may specify the format that package information should be
           printed in.  To do this, you use the
    
           **--qf|--queryformat** _QUERYFMT_
    
           option, followed by the _QUERYFMT_ format string.  Query formats are
           modified versions of the standard printf(3) formatting.  The
           format is made up of static strings (which may include standard C
           character escapes for newlines, tabs, and other special characters
           (not including \0)) and printf(3) type formatters.  As **rpm** already
           knows the type to print, the type specifier must be omitted
           however, and replaced by the name of the header tag to be printed,
           enclosed by **{}** characters.  Tag names are case insensitive, and
           the leading **RPMTAG_** portion of the tag name may be omitted as
           well.
    
           Alternate output formats may be requested by following the tag
           with **:**_typetag_.  Currently, the following types are supported:
    
           **:armor** Wrap a public key in ASCII armor.
    
           **:arraysize**
                  Display number of elements in array tags.
    
           **:base64**
                  Encode binary data using base64.
    
           **:date** Use strftime(3) "%c" format.
    
           **:day** Use strftime(3) "%a %b %d %Y" format.
    
           **:depflags**
                  Format dependency comparison operator.
    
           **:deptype**
                  Format dependency type.
    
           **:expand**
                  Perform macro expansion.
    
           **:fflags**
                  Format file flags.
    
           **:fstate**
                  Format file state.
    
           **:fstatus**
                  Format file verify status.
    
           **:hex** Format in hexadecimal.
    
           **:octal** Format in octal.
    
           **:humaniec**
                  Human readable number (in IEC 80000).  The suffix K = 1024,
                  M = 1048576, ...
    
           **:humansi**
                  Human readable number (in SI).  The suffix K = 1000, M =
                  1000000, ...
    
           **:json** Wrap data in JSON.
    
           **:perms** Format file permissions.
    
           **:pgpsig**
                  Display signature fingerprint and time.
    
           **:shescape**
                  Escape single quotes for use in a script.
    
           **:string**
                  Display string format.  (default)
    
           **:tagname**
                  Display tag name.
    
           **:tagnum**
                  Display tag number.
    
           **:triggertype**
                  Display trigger suffix.
    
           **:vflags**
                  File verification flags.
    
           **:xml** Wrap data in simple xml markup.
    
           For example, to print only the names of the packages queried, you
           could use **%{NAME}** as the format string.  To print the packages
           name and distribution information in two columns, you could use
           **%-30{NAME}%{DISTRIBUTION}**.  **rpm** will print a list of all of the
           tags it knows about when it is invoked with the **--querytags**
           argument.
    
           There are three subsets of options for querying: package
           selection, file selection and information selection.
    
       **PACKAGE SELECTION OPTIONS**
           _PACKAGE_NAME_
                  Query installed package named _PACKAGE_NAME_.  To specify the
                  package more precisely the package name may be followed by
                  the version or version and release both separated by a dash
                  or an architecture name separated by a dot.  See the output
                  of **rpm -qa** or **rpm -qp** _PACKAGE_FILE_ as an example.
    
           **-a, --all [**_SELECTOR_]
                  Query all installed packages.
    
           An optional _SELECTOR_ in the form of tag=pattern can be provided to
           narrow the selection, for example name="b*" to query packages
           whose name starts with "b".
    
           **--dupes**
                  List duplicated packages.
    
           **-f, --file** _FILE_
                  Query package owning installed _FILE_.
    
           **--filecaps**
                  List file names with POSIX1.e capabilities.
    
           **--fileclass**
                  List file names with their classes (libmagic
                  classification).
    
           **--filecolor**
                  List file names with their colors (0 for noarch, 1 for
                  32bit, 2 for 64 bit).
    
           **--fileprovide**
                  List file names with their provides.
    
           **--filerequire**
                  List file names with their requires.
    
           **-g, --group** _GROUP_
                  Query packages with the group of _GROUP_.
    
           **-p, --package** _PACKAGE_FILE_
                  Query an (uninstalled) package _PACKAGE_FILE_.  The
                  _PACKAGE_FILE_ may be specified as an **ftp** or **http** style URL,
                  in which case the package header will be downloaded and
                  queried.  See **FTP/HTTP OPTIONS** for information on **rpm** 's **ftp**
                  and **http** client support.  The _PACKAGE_FILE_ argument(s), if
                  not a binary package, will be interpreted as an ASCII
                  package manifest unless **--nomanifest** option is used.  In
                  manifests, comments are permitted, starting with a '_#_ ', and
                  each line of a package manifest file may include white
                  space separated glob expressions, including URL's, that
                  will be expanded to paths that are substituted in place of
                  the package manifest as additional _PACKAGE_FILE_ arguments
                  to the query.
    
           **--path** _PATH_
                  Query package(s) owning _PATH_ , whether the file is installed
                  or not.  Multiple packages may own a _PATH_ , but the file is
                  only owned by the package installed last.
    
           **--querybynumber** _HDRNUM_
                  Query the _HDRNUM_ th database entry directly; this is useful
                  only for debugging.
    
           **--specfile** _SPECFILE_
                  Parse and query _SPECFILE_ as if it were a package.  Although
                  not all the information (e.g. file lists) is available,
                  this type of query permits **rpm** to be used to extract
                  information from spec files without having to write a
                  specfile parser.
    
           **--tid** _TID_
                  Query package(s) that have a given _TID_ transaction
                  identifier.  A UNIX time stamp is currently used as a
                  transaction identifier.  All package(s) installed or erased
                  within a single transaction have a common identifier.
    
           **--triggeredby** _PACKAGE_NAME_
                  Query packages that are triggered by package(s)
                  _PACKAGE_NAME_.
    
           **--whatobsoletes** _CAPABILITY_
                  Query all packages that obsolete _CAPABILITY_ for proper
                  functioning.
    
           **--whatprovides** _CAPABILITY_
                  Query all packages that provide the _CAPABILITY_ capability.
    
           **--whatrequires** _CAPABILITY_
                  Query all packages that require _CAPABILITY_ for proper
                  functioning.
    
           **--whatconflicts** _CAPABILITY_
                  Query all packages that conflict with _CAPABILITY_.
    
           **--whatrecommends** _CAPABILITY_
                  Query all packages that recommend _CAPABILITY_.
    
           **--whatsuggests** _CAPABILITY_
                  Query all packages that suggest _CAPABILITY_.
    
           **--whatsupplements** _CAPABILITY_
                  Query all packages that supplement _CAPABILITY_.
    
           **--whatenhances** _CAPABILITY_
                  Query all packages that enhance _CAPABILITY_.
    
       **PACKAGE QUERY OPTIONS**
           **--changelog**
                  Display change information for the package.
    
           **--changes**
                  Display change information for the package with full time
                  stamps.
    
           **--conflicts**
                  List capabilities this package conflicts with.
    
           **--dump** Dump file information as follows (implies **-l**):
    
                         path size mtime digest mode owner group isconfig isdoc rdev symlink
    
           **--enhances**
                  List capabilities enhanced by package(s).
    
           **--filesbypkg**
                  List all the files in each selected package.
    
           **--filetriggers**
                  List filetrigger scriptlets from package(s).
    
           **-i, --info**
                  Display package information, including name, version, and
                  description.  This uses the **--queryformat** if one was
                  specified.
    
           **--last** Orders the package listing by install time such that the
                  latest packages are at the top.
    
           **-l, --list**
                  List files in package.
    
           **--obsoletes**
                  List packages this package obsoletes.
    
           **--provides**
                  List capabilities this package provides.
    
           **--recommends**
                  List capabilities recommended by package(s).
    
           **-R, --requires**
                  List capabilities on which this package depends.
    
           **--suggests**
                  List capabilities suggested by package(s).
    
           **--supplements**
                  List capabilities supplemented by package(s).
    
           **--scripts**
                  List the package specific scriptlet(s) that are used as
                  part of the installation and uninstallation processes.
    
           **-s, --state**
                  Display the _states_ of files in the package (implies **-l**).
                  The state of each file is one of _normal_ , _not installed_ , or
                  _replaced_.
    
           **--triggers, --triggerscripts**
                  Display the trigger scripts, if any, which are contained in
                  the package.
    
           **--xml** Format package headers as XML.
    
       **FILE SELECTION OPTIONS**
           **-A, --artifactfiles**
                  Only include artifact files (implies **-l**).
    
           **-c, --configfiles**
                  Only include configuration files (implies **-l**).
    
           **-d, --docfiles**
                  Only include documentation files (implies **-l**).
    
           **-L, --licensefiles**
                  Only include license files (implies **-l**).
    
           **--noartifact**
                  Exclude artifact files.
    
           **--noconfig**
                  Exclude config files.
    
           **--noghost**
                  Exclude ghost files.
    
       **VERIFY OPTIONS**
           The general form of an **rpm** verify command is
    
           **rpm**{**-V|--verify**} [**select-options**] [**verify-options**]
    
           Verifying a package compares information about the installed files
           in the package with information about the files taken from the
           package metadata stored in the rpm database.  Among other things,
           verifying compares the size, digest, permissions, type, owner and
           group of each file.  Any discrepancies are displayed.  Files that
           were not installed from the package, for example, documentation
           files excluded on installation using the "**--excludedocs** " option,
           will be silently ignored.
    
           The package and file selection options are the same as for package
           querying (including package manifest files as arguments).  Other
           options unique to verify mode are:
    
           **--nodeps**
                  Don't verify dependencies of packages.
    
           **--nodigest**
                  Don't verify package or header digests when reading.
    
           **--nofiles**
                  Don't verify any attributes of package files.
    
           **--noscripts**
                  Don't execute the **%verifyscript** scriptlet (if any).
    
           **--nosignature**
                  Don't verify package or header signatures when reading.
    
           **--nolinkto**
    
           **--nofiledigest**(formerly **--nomd5**)
    
           **--nosize**
    
           **--nomtime**
    
           **--nomode**
    
           **--nordev**
                  Don't verify the corresponding file attribute.
    
           **--nouser**
    
           **--nogroup**
                  Don't verify file user/group ownership.  Note that only
                  local passwd(5) and group(5) databases are consulted.
    
           **--nocaps**
                  Don't verify file capabilities.
    
           The format of the output is a string of 9 characters, a possible
           attribute marker:
    
                  **a** %**a**rtifact a build side-effect file (such as buildid links).
                  **c** %**c**onfig configuration file.
                  **d** %**d**oc documentation file.
                  **g** %**g**host file (i.e. the file contents are not included in the package payload).
                  **l** %**l**icense license file.
                  **m** %**m**issingok file missing is not a verify failure.
                  **n** %%config(**n**oreplace) (do not replace file).
                  **r** %**r**eadme readme file.
                  **s** **s**pecfile in source package.
    
           from the package header, followed by the file name.  Each of the 9
           characters denotes the result of a comparison of attribute(s) of
           the file to the value of those attribute(s) recorded in the
           database.  A single "**.** " (period) means the test passed, while a
           single "**?** " (question mark) indicates the test could not be
           performed (e.g. file permissions prevent reading).  Otherwise, the
           (mnemonically em**B** oldened) character denotes failure of the
           corresponding **--verify** test:
    
                  **S** file **S**ize differs
                  **M** **M**ode differs (includes permissions and file type)
                  **5** digest (formerly MD**5** sum) differs
                  **D** **D**evice major/minor number mismatch
                  **L** read**L**ink(2) path mismatch
                  **U** **U**ser ownership differs
                  **G** **G**roup ownership differs
                  **T** m**T**ime differs
                  **P** ca**P**abilities differ
    
       **MISCELLANEOUS COMMANDS**
           **rpm --showrc**
                  shows the values **rpm** will use for all of the options which
                  are currently set in _rpmrc_ and _macros_ configuration
                  file(s).
    
           **rpm --setperms** | **--setugids** | **--setcaps** _PACKAGE_NAME_
                  obsolete aliases for **--restore**
    
           **rpm --restore**[**select-options**]
                  The option restores file metadata such as timestamp, owner,
                  group, permissions and capabilities of files in packages.
    
       **FTP/HTTP OPTIONS**
           **rpm** can act as an FTP and/or HTTP client so that packages can be
           queried or installed from the internet.  Package files for
           install, upgrade, and query operations may be specified as an **ftp**
           or **http** style URL:
    
           http://HOST[:PORT]/path/to/package.rpm
    
           ftp://[USER:PASSWORD]@HOST[:PORT]/path/to/package.rpm
    
           If both the user and password are omitted, anonymous **ftp** is used.
    
           **rpm** allows the following options to be used with ftp URLs:
    
           **rpm** allows the following options to be used with **http** and **ftp**
           URLs:
    
           **--httpproxy** _HOST_
                  The host _HOST_ will be used as a proxy server for all **http**
                  and **ftp** transfers.  This option may also be specified by
                  configuring the macro **%_httpproxy**.
    
           **--httpport** _PORT_
                  The TCP _PORT_ number to use for the **http** connection on the
                  proxy http server instead of the default port.  This option
                  may also be specified by configuring the macro **%_httpport**.
    


## LEGACY ISSUES



       **Executing rpmbuild**
           The build modes of rpm are now resident in the _/usr/bin/rpmbuild_
           executable.  Install the package containing **rpmbuild**(usually
           **rpm-build**) and see rpmbuild(8) for documentation of all the **rpm**
           build modes.
    


## FILES



       **rpmrc Configuration**
           Each file in the colon separated rpmrc path is read sequentially
           by **rpm** for configuration information.  Only the first file in the
           list must exist, and tildes will be expanded to the value of
           **$HOME**.  The default rpmrc path is as follows:
    
                  /usr/lib/rpm/rpmrc:
                  /usr/lib/rpm/<vendor>/rpmrc:
                  /etc/rpmrc:
                  ~/.config/rpm/rpmrc
    
           If **XDG_CONFIG_HOME** environment variable is set, it replaces
           ~/.config in the path.
    
           In older rpm versions the path of per-user rpmrc was ~/.rpmrc.
           This is still processed if it exists and the new configuration
           directory does not exist.
    
       **Macro Configuration**
           Each file or glob(7) pattern in the colon-separated macro path is
           read sequentially by **rpm** for macro definitions.  Tildes will be
           expanded to the value of the environment variable _HOME_.  The
           default macro path is as follows:
    
                  /usr/lib/rpm/macros:
                  /usr/lib/rpm/macros.d/macros.*:
                  /usr/lib/rpm/platform/%{_target}/macros:
                  /usr/lib/rpm/fileattrs/*.attr:
                  /usr/lib/rpm/<vendor>/macros:
                  /etc/rpm/macros.*:
                  /etc/rpm/macros:
                  /etc/rpm/%{_target}/macros:
                  ~/.config/rpm/macros
    
           If **XDG_CONFIG_HOME** environment variable is set, it replaces
           ~/.config in the path.
    
           In older versions of rpm, the path of per-user macros was
           ~/.rpmmacros.  This is still processed if it exists and the new
           configuration directory does not exist.
    
       **Database**
                  /var/lib/rpm/
    
       **Temporary**
                  /var/tmp/rpm*
    


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