Manual installation of packages from RPM
rpm -qd lvm # describe lvm
rpm -Uvh foo-1.0-1.i386.rpm
rpm -ivh kernel-some.rpm
rpm -ivh --replacepkgs foo-1.0-1.i386.rpm
rpm -ivh --replacefiles foo-1.0-1.i386.rpm
(dangerous installation without dependencies) --nodeps
Uninstallation
rpm -e foo.rpm
Update
rpm -Uvh foo-2.rpm
(force) rpm -Uvh --oldpackage foo.rpm
Freshen
rpm -Fvh foo.rpm
rpm -Fvh *.rpm
Search
rpm -q foo
rpm -q --redhatprovides bar.so.2
rpm -q -a (all)
rpm -q -f file (package containing the file)
rpm -q -l (list of files in the package)
Verify
rpm -Vf /usr/bin/vim
rpm -Va
rpm -Vp foo-1.0-i386.rpm
rpm -K nosignature <rpmfile> (check md5)
Keys
rpm --import /usr/share/rhn/RPM-GPG-KEY
rpm -qa gpg-pubkey*
rpm -R file.rpm (check signature)