How to list the files from rpm package by rpm or yum-utils

You can list the files in an RPM package, whether installed or not, in two ways: rpm and repoquery. Let’s see how to use both commands to display a package’s files. If you do not have repoquery, install the yum-utils package using:

[root@Ezylinux ~]# yum install yum-utils

Listing files in a package that is not installed

• rpm command

  [root@Ezylinux ~]# rpm -qpl package-name.rpm

  Example:

  [root@Ezylinux ~]# rpm -qpl php-5.3.3-3.el6_1.3.x86_64.rpm
  /etc/httpd/conf.d/php.conf
  /usr/lib64/httpd/modules/libphp5.so
  /var/lib/php/session
  /var/www/icons/php.gif

• repoquery command

  [root@Ezylinux ~]# repoquery --list package-name

  Example:

  [root@Ezylinux ~]# repoquery --list php
  /etc/httpd/conf.d/php.conf
  /usr/lib64/httpd/modules/libphp5.so
  /var/lib/php/session
  /var/www/icons/php.gif

Listing files in an installed package

• rpm command

  [root@Ezylinux ~]# rpm -ql package-name

  Example:

  [root@Ezylinux ~]# rpm -ql php
  /etc/httpd/conf.d/php.conf
  /usr/lib64/httpd/modules/libphp5.so
  /var/lib/php/session
  /var/www/icons/php.gif

• repoquery command

  [root@Ezylinux ~]# repoquery --list package-name

  Example:

  [root@Ezylinux ~]# repoquery --list php
  /etc/httpd/conf.d/php.conf
  /usr/lib64/httpd/modules/libphp5.so
  /var/lib/php/session
  /var/www/icons/php.gif