1repoquery(1) repoquery(1)
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6 repoquery
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9 repoquery [options] <item ...>
10 repoquery -a [options]
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13 repoquery is a program for querying information from YUM repositories
14 similarly to rpm queries.
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17 --querytags
18 List valid queryformat tags and exit..
19 --version
21 Report program version and exit.
22 --repoid=<repo>
24 Specify which repository to query. Using this option disables
25 all repositories not explicitly enabled with --repoid option
26 (can be used multiple times). By default repoquery uses whatever
27 repositories are enabled in YUM configuration.
28 --enablerepo=<repo>
30 In addition to the default set, query the given additional
31 repository, even if it is disabled in YUM configuration. Can be
32 used multiple times.
33 --disablerepo=<repo>
35 Do not query the given repository, even if it is enabled in YUM
36 configuration. Can be used multiple times.
37 --repofrompath=<repoid>,<path/url>
39 Specify a path or url to a repository (same path as in a
40 baseurl) to add to the repositories for this query. This option
41 can be used multiple times. If you want to view only the pkgs
42 from this repository combine this with --repoid. The repoid for
43 the repository is specified by <repoid>.
44 --plugins
46 Enable YUM plugin support.
47 -q, --query
49 For rpmquery compatibility, doesn't do anything.
50 -h, --help
52 Help; display a help message and then quit.
53 --quiet
55 Run quietly: no warnings printed to stderr.
56 --verbose
58 Produce verbose output.
59 -C, --cache
61 Tells repoquery to run entirely from YUM cache - does not down‐
62 load any metadata or update the cache. Queries in this mode can
63 fail or give partial/incorrect results if the cache isn't fully
64 populated beforehand with eg "yum makecache".
65 --tempcache
67 Create and use a private cache instead of the main YUM cache.
68 This is used by default when run as non-root user.
69 -c <config file>, --config=<config file>
71 Use alternative config file (default is /etc/yum.conf).
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75 -i, --info
76 Show general information about package similarly to "rpm -qi"
77 -l, --list
79 List files in package.
80 -R, --requires
82 List package dependencies.
83 --resolve
85 When used with --requires, resolve capabilities to originating
86 packages.
87 --provides
89 List capabilities package provides.
90 --obsoletes
92 List capabilities obsoleted by package.
93 --conflicts
95 List capabilities conflicting with package.
96 --changelog
98 List package changelog.
99 --location
101 Show a location where the package could be downloaded from. For
102 example: wget `repoquery --location yum`
103 -s, --source
105 Show package source RPM name.
106 --srpm Operate on corresponding source RPM.
108 --groupmember PACKAGE
110 List the repodata groups (yumgroups.xml) belongs to (if any).
111 --nvr Use name-version-release output format (rpm query default)
113 --nevra
115 Use name-epoch:version-release.architecture output format
116 (default)
117 --envra
119 Use epoch:name-version-release.architecture output format (eas‐
120 ier to parse than nevra)
121 --qf=FORMAT, --queryformat=FORMAT
123 Specify custom output format for queries. You can add ":date",
124 ":day" and ":isodate" to all the tags that are a time, and you
125 can add ":k", ":m", ":g", ":t" and ":h" to sizes. You can also
126 specify field width as in sprintf (Eg. %-20{name})
127 --tree-requires [pkgs]
129 For the given packages print a tree of the packages that they
130 require.
131 --tree-conflicts [pkgs]
133 For the given packages print a tree of the packages that they
134 conflict.
135 --tree-obsoletes [pkgs]
137 For the given packages print a tree of the packages that they
138 obsolete.
139 --tree-whatrequires [pkgs]
141 For the given packages print a tree of the packages that require
142 them.
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145 -a, --all
146 Query all available packages (for rpmquery compatibility /
147 shorthand for repoquery '*')
148 -f, --file FILE
150 Query package owning FILE.
151 --whatobsoletes CAPABILITY
153 Query all packages that obsolete CAPABILITY.
154 --whatconflicts CAPABILITY
156 Query all packages that conflict with CAPABILITY.
157 --whatprovides CAPABILITY
159 Query all packages that provide CAPABILITY.
160 --whatrequires CAPABILITY
162 Query all packages that require CAPABILITY.
163 --alldeps
165 When used with --whatrequires, look for non-explicit dependen‐
166 cies in addition to explicit ones (e.g. files and Provides in
167 addition to package names). This is the default.
168 --exactdeps
170 When used with --whatrequires, search for dependencies only
171 exactly as given. This is effectively the opposite of
172 --alldeps.
173 --recursive
175 When used with --whatrequires, query packages recursively.
176 --archlist=ARCH1[,ARCH2...]
178 Limit the query to packages of given architecture(s). Valid val‐
179 ues are all architectures known to rpm/yum such as 'i386' and
180 'src' for source RPMS. Note that repoquery will now change yum's
181 "arch" to the first value in the archlist. So "--arch‐
182 list=i386,i686" will change yum's canonical arch to i386, but
183 allow packages of i386 and i686.
184 --pkgnarrow=WHAT
186 Limit what packages are considered for the query. Valid values
187 for WHAT are: installed, available, recent, updates, extras, all
188 and repository (default).
189 --installed
191 Restrict query ONLY to installed pkgs - disables all repos and
192 only acts on rpmdb.
193 --show-dupes, --show-duplicates
195 Query all versions of package. By default only newest packages
196 are considered.
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200 -i, --info
201 Show general information about group.
202 -l, --list
204 List packages belonging to (required by) group.
205 --grouppkgs=WHAT
207 Specify what type of packages are queried from groups. Valid
208 values for WHAT are all, mandatory, default, optional.
209 --requires
211 List groups required by group.
212
214 -a Query all available groups.
215 -g, --group
217 Query groups instead of packages.
218
220 List all packages whose name contains 'perl':
221 repoquery '*perl*'
222 List all packages depending on openssl:
224 repoquery --whatrequires openssl
225 List all package names and the repository they come from, nicely for‐
227 matted:
228 repoquery -a --qf "%-20{repoid} %{name}"
229 List name and summary of all available updates (if any), nicely format‐
231 ted:
232 repoquery -a --pkgnarrow=updates --qf "%{name}:\n%{summary}\n"
233 List optional packages in base group:
235 repoquery -g --grouppkgs=optional -l base
236 List build requirements from 'anaconda' source rpm:
238 repoquery --requires anaconda.src
239 List packages which BuildRequire gail-devel
241 repoquery --archlist=src --whatrequires gail-devel
242 NB: This command will only work if you have repositories
243 enabled which include srpms.
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248 Specifying package names
249 A package can be referred to in all queries with any of the fol‐
250 lowing:
251 name
253 name.arch
254 name-ver
255 name-ver-rel
256 name-ver-rel.arch
257 name-epoch:ver-rel.arch
258 epoch:name-ver-rel.arch
259 For example: repoquery -l kernel-2.4.1-10.i686
261 Additionally wildcards (shell-style globs) can be used.
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265 As repoquery uses YUM libraries for retrieving all the information, it
266 relies on YUM configuration for its default values like which reposito‐
267 ries to use. Consult YUM documentation for details:
268 /etc/yum.conf
270 /etc/yum/repos.d/
271 /var/cache/yum/
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275 yum.conf [4m(5)
276 http://yum.baseurl.org/
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280 See the Authors file included with this program.
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284 There are of course no bugs, but should you find any, you should first
285 consult the FAQ section on http://yum.baseurl.org/wiki/Faq and if
286 unsuccessful in finding a resolution contact the mailing list: yum-
287 devel@lists.baseurl.org. To file a bug use http://bugzilla.redhat.com
288 for Fedora/RHEL/Centos related bugs and http://yum.baseurl.org/report
289 for all other bugs.
290Panu Matilainen 17 October 2005 repoquery(1)