LMI command line reference

These commands allow to list and manage rpm packages and repositories.

sw

System software management.

Usage:

lmi sw search [(--repoid <repository>)] [--allow-duplicates] <package>...

lmi sw list (--help | <what> [<args>...])

lmi sw show (--help | <what> [<args>...])

lmi sw install [--force] [--repoid <repository>] <package> ...

lmi sw install --uri <uri>

lmi sw update [--force] [--repoid <repository>] <package> ...

lmi sw remove <package> ...

lmi sw verify <package> ...

lmi sw enable <repository> ...

lmi sw disable <repository> ...

Commands:

list

List various information about packages, repositories or files.

show

Show detailed informations about package or repository.

install

Install packages on system. See below, how package can be specified. Installation from URI is also supported, it must be prefixed with --uri option.

update

Update package.

remove

Remove installed package.

verify

Verify package. Files that did not pass the verification are listed prefixed with a sequence of characters, each representing particular attribute, that failed. Those are:

• S file Size differs
• M Mode differs (includes permissions and file type)
• 5 digest (formerly MD5 sum) differs
• D Device major/minor number mismatch
• L readLink(2) path mismatch
• U User ownership differs
• G Group ownership differs
• T mTime differs
• P caPabilities differ

enable

Enable one or more repositories.

disable

Disable one or more repositories.

Options:

--force

Force installation. This allows to install package already installed -- make a reinstallation or to downgrade package to older version.

--repoid <repository>

Select a repository, where the given package will be searched for.

--uri <uri>

Operate upon an rpm package available on remote system through http or ftp service.

--installed

Limit the query only on installed packages.

--help

Get a detailed help for subcommand.

Specifying <package>:

Package can be given in one of following notations:

• <name>
• <name>.<arch>
• <name>-<version>-<release>.<arch> # nvra
• <name>-<epoch>:<version>-<release>.<arch> # nevra
• <epoch>:<name>-<version>-<release>.<arch> # envra

Bottom most notations allow to precisely identify particular package.

sw list

List packages, repositories or files.

Usage:

lmi sw list [all] [--allow-duplicates]

lmi sw list installed

lmi sw list available [--repoid <repository>] [--allow-duplicates]

lmi sw list repos [--disabled | --all]

lmi sw list files [-t <file_type>] <package>

Commands:

all

• List installed and available packages.

installed

• List installed packages.

available

• List available packages.

repos

• List repositories. Only enabled ones are listed by default.

files

• List files belonging to a package.

Options:

--allow-duplicates

Print all possible versions of package found. Normally only the newest version is shown.

--repoid <repository>

List just packages available in given <repository>.

--all

List all repositories.

--disabled

List only disabled repositories.

-t --type (file | directory | device | symlink | fifo)

List only particular file type.

sw show

Show details of package or repository.

Usage:

lmi sw show pkg [--installed | --repoid <repository>] <package>

lmi sw show repo <repository>

Options:

--installed

Do not search available packages. This speeds up the operation when only installed packages shall be queried.

--repoid <repository>

Search just this repository.