1repoquery(1) repoquery(1)
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6 repoquery - query information from Yum repositories
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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).
72 --releasever=version
74 Pretend the current release version is the given string. This is
75 very useful when combined with --installroot. You can also use
76 --releasever=/ to take the releasever information from outside
77 the installroot. Note that with the default upstream cachedir,
78 of /var/cache/yum, using this option will corrupt your cache
79 (and you can use $releasever in your cachedir configuration to
80 stop this).
81 --installroot=root
83 Specifies an alternative installroot, relative to which all
84 packages will be installed. Think of this like doing "chroot
85 <root> yum" except using --installroot allows yum to work before
86 the chroot is created. Note: You may also want to use the
87 option --releasever=/ when creating the installroot as otherwise
88 the $releasever value is taken from the rpmdb within the
89 installroot (and thus. will be empty, before creation).
90 --setopt=option=value
92 Set any config option in yum config or repo files. For options
93 in the global config just use: --setopt=option=value for repo
94 options use: --setopt=repoid.option=value
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98 -i, --info
99 Show general information about package similarly to "rpm -qi"
100 -l, --list
102 List files in package.
103 -R, --requires
105 List package dependencies.
106 --resolve
108 When used with --requires, resolve capabilities to originating
109 packages.
110 --provides
112 List capabilities package provides.
113 --obsoletes
115 List capabilities obsoleted by package.
116 --conflicts
118 List capabilities conflicting with package.
119 --changelog
121 List package changelog.
122 --location
124 Show a location where the package could be downloaded from. For
125 example: wget `repoquery --location yum`
126 -s, --source
128 Show package source RPM name.
129 --srpm Operate on corresponding source RPM.
131 --groupmember PACKAGE
133 List the repodata groups (yumgroups.xml) belongs to (if any).
134 --nvr Use name-version-release output format (rpm query default)
136 --nevra
138 Use name-epoch:version-release.architecture output format
139 (default)
140 --envra
142 Use epoch:name-version-release.architecture output format (eas‐
143 ier to parse than nevra)
144 --qf=FORMAT, --queryformat=FORMAT
146 Specify custom output format for queries. You can add ":date",
147 ":day" and ":isodate" to all the tags that are a time, and you
148 can add ":k", ":m", ":g", ":t" and ":h" to sizes. You can also
149 specify field width as in sprintf (Eg. %-20{name})
150 --output [text|ascii-tree|dot-tree]
152 Output format which can be used with --requires/--whatre‐
153 quires/--obsoletes/--conflicts. Default output is 'text'.
154 --level [all|any int]
156 In combination with --output ascii-tree|dot-tree this option
157 specifies the number of level to print on the tree. Default
158 level is 'all'.
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161 -a, --all
162 Query all available packages (for rpmquery compatibility /
163 shorthand for repoquery '*')
164 --show-duplicates
166 Query all versions of packages.
167 -f, --file FILE
169 Query package owning FILE.
170 --whatobsoletes CAPABILITY
172 Query all packages that obsolete CAPABILITY.
173 --whatconflicts CAPABILITY
175 Query all packages that conflict with CAPABILITY.
176 --whatprovides CAPABILITY
178 Query all packages that provide CAPABILITY.
179 --whatrequires CAPABILITY
181 Query all packages that require CAPABILITY.
182 --alldeps
184 When used with --whatrequires, look for non-explicit dependen‐
185 cies in addition to explicit ones (e.g. files and Provides in
186 addition to package names). This is the default.
187 --exactdeps
189 When used with --whatrequires, search for dependencies only
190 exactly as given. This is effectively the opposite of
191 --alldeps.
192 --recursive
194 When used with --whatrequires, and --requires --resolve, query
195 packages recursively.
196 --archlist=ARCH1[,ARCH2...]
198 Limit the query to packages of given architecture(s). Valid val‐
199 ues are all architectures known to rpm/yum such as 'i386' and
200 'src' for source RPMS. Note that repoquery will now change yum's
201 "arch" to the first value in the archlist. So "--arch‐
202 list=i386,i686" will change yum's canonical arch to i386, but
203 allow packages of i386 and i686.
204 --pkgnarrow=WHAT
206 Limit what packages are considered for the query. Valid values
207 for WHAT are: installed, available, recent, updates, extras, all
208 and repository (default).
209 --installed
211 Restrict query ONLY to installed pkgs - disables all repos and
212 only acts on rpmdb.
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216 -i, --info
217 Show general information about group.
218 -l, --list
220 List packages belonging to (required by) group.
221 --grouppkgs=WHAT
223 Specify what type of packages are queried from groups. Valid
224 values for WHAT are all, mandatory, default, optional.
225 --requires
227 List groups required by group.
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230 -a Query all available groups.
231 -g, --group
233 Query groups instead of packages.
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236 List all packages whose name contains 'perl':
237 repoquery '*perl*'
238 List all packages depending on openssl:
240 repoquery --whatrequires openssl
241 List all package names and the repository they come from, nicely for‐
243 matted:
244 repoquery -a --qf "%-20{repoid} %{name}"
245 List name and summary of all available updates (if any), nicely format‐
247 ted:
248 repoquery -a --pkgnarrow=updates --qf "%{name}:\n%{summary}\n"
249 List optional packages in base group:
251 repoquery -g --grouppkgs=optional -l base
252 List build requirements from 'anaconda' source rpm:
254 repoquery --requires anaconda.src
255 List packages which BuildRequire gail-devel
257 repoquery --archlist=src --whatrequires gail-devel
258 NB: This command will only work if you have repositories
259 enabled which include srpms.
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264 Specifying package names
265 A package can be referred to in all queries with any of the fol‐
266 lowing:
267 name
269 name.arch
270 name-ver
271 name-ver-rel
272 name-ver-rel.arch
273 name-epoch:ver-rel.arch
274 epoch:name-ver-rel.arch
275 For example: repoquery -l kernel-2.4.1-10.i686
277 Additionally wildcards (shell-style globs) can be used.
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281 As repoquery uses YUM libraries for retrieving all the information, it
282 relies on YUM configuration for its default values like which reposito‐
283 ries to use. Consult YUM documentation for details:
284 /etc/yum.conf
286 /etc/yum/repos.d/
287 /var/cache/yum/
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291 yum.conf [4m(5)
292 http://yum.baseurl.org/
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296 See the Authors file included with this program.
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300 There are of course no bugs, but should you find any, you should first
301 consult the FAQ section on http://yum.baseurl.org/wiki/Faq and if
302 unsuccessful in finding a resolution contact the mailing list: yum-
303 devel@lists.baseurl.org. To file a bug use http://bugzilla.redhat.com
304 for Fedora/RHEL/Centos related bugs and http://yum.baseurl.org/report
305 for all other bugs.
306Panu Matilainen 17 October 2005 repoquery(1)