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 -v, --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 --repofrompath=<repoid>,<path/url>
30 Specify a path or url to a repository (same path as in a
31 baseurl) to add to the repositories for this query. This option
32 can be used multiple times. If you want to view only the pkgs
33 from this repository combine this with --repoid. The repoid for
34 the repository is specified by <repoid>.
35 -q For rpmquery compatibility, doesn't do anything.
37 -h, --help
39 Help; display a help message and then quit.
40 --quiet
42 Run quietly: no warnings printed to stderr.
43 -C Tells repoquery to run entirely from YUM cache - does not down‐
45 load any metadata or update the cache. Queries in this mode can
46 fail or give partial/incorrect results if the cache isn't fully
47 populated beforehand with eg "yum makecache".
48 --tempcache
50 Create and use a private cache instead of the main YUM cache.
51 This is used by default when run as non-root user.
52 -c <config file>
54 Use alternative config file (default is /etc/yum.conf).
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58 -i, --info
59 Show general information about package similarly to "rpm -qi"
60 -l, --list
62 List files in package.
63 --requires
65 List package dependencies.
66 --resolve
68 When used with --requires, resolve capabilities to originating
69 packages.
70 --provides
72 List capabilities package provides.
73 --obsoletes
75 List capabilities obsoleted by package.
76 --conflicts
78 List capabilities conflicting with package.
79 --changelog
81 List package changelog.
82 --location
84 Show a location where the package could be downloaded from. For
85 example: wget `repoquery --location yum`
86 -s, --source
88 Show package source RPM name.
89 --groupmember PACKAGE
91 List the repodata groups (yumgroups.xml) belongs to (if any).
92 --nvr Use name-version-release output format (rpm query default)
94 --nevra
96 Use name-epoch:version-release.architecture output format
97 (default)
98 --envra
100 Use epoch:name-version-release.architecture output format (eas‐
101 ier to parse than nevra)
102 --qf=FORMAT, --queryformat=FORMAT
104 Specify custom output format for queries.
105
107 -a Query all available packages (for rpmquery compatibility /
108 shorthand for repoquery '*')
109 -f, --file FILE
111 Query package owning FILE.
112 --whatobsoletes CAPABILITY
114 Query all packages that obsolete CAPABILITY.
115 --whatconflicts CAPABILITY
117 Query all packages that conflict with CAPABILITY.
118 --whatprovides CAPABILITY
120 Query all packages that provide CAPABILITY.
121 --whatrequires CAPABILITY
123 Query all packages that require CAPABILITY.
124 --alldeps
126 When used with --whatrequires, use both automatic and manual
127 dependencies for the query.
128 --archlist=ARCH1[,ARCH2...]
130 Limit the query to packages of given architecture(s). Valid val‐
131 ues are all architectures known to rpm/yum such as 'i386' and
132 'src' for source RPMS.
133 --pkgnarrow=WHAT
135 Limit what packages are considered for the query. Valid values
136 for WHAT are: installed, available, recent, updates, extras, all
137 and repository (default).
138 --show-dupes
140 Query all versions of package. By default only newest packages
141 are considered.
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145 -i, --info
146 Show general information about group.
147 -l, --list
149 List packages belonging to (required by) group.
150 --grouppkgs=WHAT
152 Specify what type of packages are queried from groups. Valid
153 values for WHAT are all, mandatory, default, optional.
154 --requires
156 List groups required by group.
157
159 -a Query all available groups.
160 -g Query groups instead of packages.
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164 List all packages whose name contains 'perl':
165 repoquery '*perl*'
166 List all packages depending on openssl:
168 repoquery --whatrequires --alldeps openssl
169 List all package names and the repository they come from, nicely for‐
171 matted:
172 repoquery -a --qf "%-20{repoid} %{name}"
173 List name and summary of all available updates (if any), nicely format‐
175 ted:
176 repoquery -a --pkgnarrow=updates --qf "%{name}:\n%{summary}\n"
177 List optional packages in base group:
179 repoquery -g --grouppkgs=optional -l base
180 List build requirements from 'anaconda' source rpm:
182 repoquery --requires anaconda.src
183 List packages which BuildRequire gail-devel
185 repoquery --archlist=src --whatrequires gail-devel
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190 Specifying package names
191 A package can be referred to in all queries with any of the fol‐
192 lowing:
193 name
195 name.arch
196 name-ver
197 name-ver-rel
198 name-ver-rel.arch
199 name-epoch:ver-rel.arch
200 epoch:name-ver-rel.arch
201 For example: repoquery -l kernel-2.4.1-10.i686
203 Additionally wildcards (shell-style globs) can be used.
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207 As repoquery uses YUM libraries for retrieving all the information, it
208 relies on YUM configuration for its default values like which reposito‐
209 ries to use. Consult YUM documentation for details:
210 /etc/yum.conf
212 /etc/yum/repos.d/
213 /var/cache/yum/
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217 yum.conf [4m(5)
218 http://linux.duke.edu/yum/
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222 See the Authors file included with this program.
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226 There of course aren't any bugs, but if you find any, they should be
227 sent to the mailing list: yum@lists.linux.duke.edu or filed in
228 bugzilla.
229Panu Matilainen 2005 Oct 17 repoquery(1)