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rpm(Red Hat Package Manager)是 Linux 系统中用于管理软件包的核心命令,主要用于安装、卸载、查询、验证和更新 .rpm 格式的软件包。

常用用法示例

  1. 安装软件包

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    rpm -ivh package.rpm
    Preparing... #################### [100%]
    Updating/installing...
    1:package-1 .0-1 #################### [100%]

    通过 -ivh 参数安装软件包,显示详细安装进度。

  2. 升级软件包

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    rpm -Uvh package-new.rpm
    Preparing... #################### [100%]
    Updating/installing...
    1:package-new-2 .0-1 #################### [100%]

    使用 -Uvh 升级已安装的软件包,若未安装则直接安装新版本。

  3. 卸载软件包

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    rpm -e package-name

    通过 -e 参数卸载指定名称的软件包,需精确匹配包名。

  4. 查询已安装的软件包

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    rpm -q httpd
    httpd-2.4.6-90.el7.x86_64

    使用 -q 查询指定软件包是否已安装,并显示完整包名。

  5. 列出所有已安装的软件包

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    rpm -qa
    httpd-2.4.6-90.el7.x86_64
    bash-4.2.46-34.el7.x86_64
    ...(长列表输出)

    通过 -qa 列出系统中所有已安装的 .rpm 包。

  6. 查询软件包包含的文件

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    rpm -ql httpd
    /etc/httpd
    /etc/httpd/conf
    ...(列出所有文件路径)

    使用 -ql 列出指定软件包安装的所有文件及其路径。

  7. 验证软件包完整性

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    rpm -V httpd
    (若输出为空表示文件未被修改,否则显示被修改的文件)

    通过 -V 验证软件包的文件是否被修改或损坏。

  8. 显示软件包详细信息

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    rpm -qi httpd
    Name : httpd
    Version : 2.4.6
    Release : 90.el7
    ...(显示包名、版本、安装时间等元数据)

    使用 -qi 查看指定软件包的详细信息,包括版本、描述等。

常用参数选项

  • -i, –install
    安装新的软件包,需结合 -v(显示详细信息)和 -h(显示进度条)使用。
  • -U, –upgrade
    升级软件包,若未安装则执行安装操作。
  • -e, –erase
    卸载指定名称的软件包。
  • -q, –query
    查询操作,需配合子参数(如 -a 或包名)使用。
  • -v, –verbose
    显示详细操作过程,通常与其他参数组合使用。
  • -h, –hash
    显示安装/升级进度条(以 # 符号表示进度)。
  • -l, –list
    列出软件包中包含的所有文件(需配合 -q 使用)。
  • -V, –verify
    验证软件包的文件属性(如权限、大小)是否与原始安装一致。

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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 HDRNUMth 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 emBoldened) 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*

SEE ALSO

rpm-misc(8), popt(3), rpm2cpio(8), rpmbuild(8), rpmdb(8),
rpmkeys(8), rpmsign(8), rpmspec(8)

rpm --help - as rpm supports customizing the options via popt
aliases it's impossible to guarantee that what's described in the
manual matches what's available.

http://www.rpm.org/ <URL:http://www.rpm.org/>

AUTHORS

Marc Ewing <marc@redhat.com>
Jeff Johnson <jbj@redhat.com>
Erik Troan <ewt@redhat.com>

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