What is the yum equivalent of dpkg -L?

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dpkg -L lists all the files provided by a package. How is this accomplished with yum?

The operating system is Scientific Linux 6.

score 14 · Accepted Answer · edited Jun 01 '14 at 13:57

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This functionality is provided by rpm, not yum:

rpm -ql [packagename]

The general form of an rpm query command is
 rpm {-q | --query} [PACKAGE_NAME] [query-options]
Information selection options:
 -l, --list
     List files in package.

edited Jun 01 '14 at 13:57

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answered Dec 18 '12 at 20:33

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@catpants: More generally, yum is to apt-get, as rpm is to dpkg. – Sirex Dec 18 '12 at 20:34

score 9 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 18 '12 at 20:34

rpm -ql packagename is roughly equivalent.

You should think of yum as similar to apt-get and rpm as roughly equivalent to dpkg. yum deals with packages in terms of repositories, and rpm deals with individual packages.

Ubuntu actually provides a cheat sheet on similar actions:

Switching between RedHat and Ubuntu

What is the yum equivalent of dpkg -L?

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