I googled for this, but couldn't find how to query a non-installed RPM file for its information:
# rpm -qa blackfin-jtag-tools-09r1.1-2.i386.rpm
#
# rpm -qi blackfin-jtag-tools-09r1.1-2.i386.rpm
package blackfin-jtag-tools-09r1.1-2.i386.rpm is not installed
#
# rpm -q blackfin-jtag-tools-09r1.1-2.i386.rpm
package blackfin-jtag-tools-09r1.1-2.i386.rpm is not installed
#
# rpm --info blackfin-jtag-tools-09r1.1-2.i386.rpm
RPM version 4.8.0
Copyright (C) 1998-2002 - Red Hat, Inc.
This program may be freely redistributed under the terms of the GNU GPL
Usage: rpm [-aKfgpWHqVcdilsKiv?] [-a|--all] [-f|--file] [-g|--group] [-p|--package] [-W|--ftswalk] [--pkgid] [--hdrid] [--fileid]
[--specfile] [--triggeredby] [--whatrequires] [--whatprovides] [--nomanifest] [-c|--configfiles] [-d|--docfiles]
[--dump] [-l|--list] [--queryformat=QUERYFORMAT] [-s|--state] [--nofiledigest] [--nomd5] [--nofiles] [--nodeps]
[...]
Is there a command to read information out of non-installed RPM file?
@crazyscot did answer the question. Thanks.
Additionally, I found that specific querytags can also be leveraged this way, which wasn't obvious from reading the man page.
So, for example, I found I can do the following:
rpm -qp --queryformat '%{ARCH}\n' foo.rpm
or, even:
xyz="ARCH"; rpm -qp --qf %{${xyz}} foo.rpm; echo ""
This works nicely for RPM's that are not installed, and leveraging the available querytags in the installed rpm
Here is more information about tags
When rpm is not-installed then (this will list the complete info, plus the list of contents in the package);
rpm -qipl <rpm_name.rpm>
When rpm is installed then;
rpm -qi <rpm_name.rpm>
For more on rpm-queries.
For more on handy-queries.
Use rpm -qip:
rpm -qip package_path1 [package_path2 ...]
-q - query the package-p - get the package name from arguments
It shows the following info:
Name
Version
Release
Architecture
Install Date
Group
Size
License
Signature
Source RPM
Build Date
Build Host
Relocations
Packager
Vendor
URL
Summary
Description
The man page doesn't talk about the -i option in -q context. However, rpm -qp file doesn't produce the right output.
less <rpm_name.rpm>
Displays all that I need, same as 'rpm -qlpv'.
Very good resource: https://blog.packagecloud.io/eng/2015/10/13/inspect-extract-contents-rpm-packages/ .
Related - Display Infos For Installed Package :
rpm -qi InstalledPackageName
there are lot of -i option used in above answers , best way to check :
For one rpms,
rpm -qlp <rpm-name>.rpm
For all rpms , search for your file with grep :
rpm -qpl *.rpm|grep <string or file name>
