Rpm

rpm

some rpm commands

rpm (query)

rpm -qa 

list all installed packages

rpm -qf /usr/bin/sar
sysstat-9.0.4-22.el6.x86_64

show rpm-package name which installed file '/usr/bin/sar'

rpm -ql php-stomp-1.0
 /usr/share/php/Stomp
 /usr/share/php/Stomp.php
 /usr/share/php/Stomp/Exception.php
 /usr/share/php/Stomp/Frame.php
 /usr/share/php/Stomp/Message
 /usr/share/php/Stomp/Message.php
 /usr/share/php/Stomp/Message/Bytes.php
 /usr/share/php/Stomp/Message/Map.php

show files contained in package: php-stomp-1.0

rpmbuild

to sign a package while generating with rpmbuild use '--sign'

rpmbuild --sign -bb SPECS/zendstudio.spec

for --sign the 'rpmmacros'-file should contain the following.
the best way is to use ~/.rpmmacros in your home directory

%_signature gpg
%_gpg_name [THE NAME AND EMAILADDRESS OF THE KEY TO USE]
%_gpgbin /usr/bin/gpg

rpmmacros

my full rpmmacros file looks like this:

%_topdir /usr/src/redhat
%_unpackaged_files_terminate_build 0
%_missing_doc_files_terminate_build 0

%_signature gpg
%_gpg_name [THE NAME AND EMAILADDRESS OF THE KEY TO USE]
%_gpgbin /usr/bin/gpg

and the contents of the directory '%_topdir' looks like that:

./BUILD  
./RPMS  
./SOURCES  
./SPECS  
./SRPMS

rpmlint

check for errors in rpm-packages

rpmlint ./path/to/package.rpm

rpm2cpio

extract a rpm-package:

1. download package
2. extract with:

rpm2cpio ./libstdc++-4.3.2-7.i386.rpm | cpio -i --make-directories