yum - check if package already installed

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When I run yum install <X> where <X> has already been installed, yum exits with a return status of 1 and prints "Error: Nothing to do".

Aside from checking for this string in the output (which seems like a very shaky thing to base my script on), is there some way I can test whether the package already exists? Clearly, yum knows whether or not it already exists, since it's throwing that error, but how can I access that knowledge?

To add to this, some of the packages are downloaded by way of URLs, not package names, so checking yum list installed doesn't work.

asked Mar 25 '15 at 18:06

AmadeusDrZaius

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yum knows by querying the rpm database. for example
â€“Â Bratchley
Mar 25 '15 at 18:09

@Bratchley Is there a way to get that name from a package url?
â€“Â AmadeusDrZaius
Mar 25 '15 at 18:13

You should be able to give rpm a full URL to the RPM you're interested in. Example which will give you the package name. One note would be that it uses wget internally but seems to silently suppress errors.
â€“Â Bratchley
Mar 25 '15 at 18:17

@taliezin that's roughly equivalent to rpm -qa packageName except it's printed in a way that makes it look like yum output.
â€“Â Bratchley
Mar 25 '15 at 18:18

@Bratchley, sorry i saw the link later, but I deleted it.
â€“Â taliezin
Mar 25 '15 at 18:25

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When I run yum install <X> where <X> has already been installed, yum exits with a return status of 1 and prints "Error: Nothing to do".

To add to this, some of the packages are downloaded by way of URLs, not package names, so checking yum list installed doesn't work.

asked Mar 25 '15 at 18:06

AmadeusDrZaius

6921816

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yum knows by querying the rpm database. for example
â€“Â Bratchley
Mar 25 '15 at 18:09

@Bratchley Is there a way to get that name from a package url?
â€“Â AmadeusDrZaius
Mar 25 '15 at 18:13

You should be able to give rpm a full URL to the RPM you're interested in. Example which will give you the package name. One note would be that it uses wget internally but seems to silently suppress errors.
â€“Â Bratchley
Mar 25 '15 at 18:17

@taliezin that's roughly equivalent to rpm -qa packageName except it's printed in a way that makes it look like yum output.
â€“Â Bratchley
Mar 25 '15 at 18:18

@Bratchley, sorry i saw the link later, but I deleted it.
â€“Â taliezin
Mar 25 '15 at 18:25

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When I run yum install <X> where <X> has already been installed, yum exits with a return status of 1 and prints "Error: Nothing to do".

To add to this, some of the packages are downloaded by way of URLs, not package names, so checking yum list installed doesn't work.

asked Mar 25 '15 at 18:06

AmadeusDrZaius

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When I run yum install <X> where <X> has already been installed, yum exits with a return status of 1 and prints "Error: Nothing to do".

To add to this, some of the packages are downloaded by way of URLs, not package names, so checking yum list installed doesn't work.

asked Mar 25 '15 at 18:06

AmadeusDrZaius

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asked Mar 25 '15 at 18:06

AmadeusDrZaius

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asked Mar 25 '15 at 18:06

AmadeusDrZaius

6921816

asked Mar 25 '15 at 18:06

AmadeusDrZaius

6921816

1

yum knows by querying the rpm database. for example
â€“Â Bratchley
Mar 25 '15 at 18:09

@Bratchley Is there a way to get that name from a package url?
â€“Â AmadeusDrZaius
Mar 25 '15 at 18:13

You should be able to give rpm a full URL to the RPM you're interested in. Example which will give you the package name. One note would be that it uses wget internally but seems to silently suppress errors.
â€“Â Bratchley
Mar 25 '15 at 18:17

@taliezin that's roughly equivalent to rpm -qa packageName except it's printed in a way that makes it look like yum output.
â€“Â Bratchley
Mar 25 '15 at 18:18

@Bratchley, sorry i saw the link later, but I deleted it.
â€“Â taliezin
Mar 25 '15 at 18:25

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1

yum knows by querying the rpm database. for example
â€“Â Bratchley
Mar 25 '15 at 18:09

@Bratchley Is there a way to get that name from a package url?
â€“Â AmadeusDrZaius
Mar 25 '15 at 18:13

You should be able to give rpm a full URL to the RPM you're interested in. Example which will give you the package name. One note would be that it uses wget internally but seems to silently suppress errors.
â€“Â Bratchley
Mar 25 '15 at 18:17

@taliezin that's roughly equivalent to rpm -qa packageName except it's printed in a way that makes it look like yum output.
â€“Â Bratchley
Mar 25 '15 at 18:18

@Bratchley, sorry i saw the link later, but I deleted it.
â€“Â taliezin
Mar 25 '15 at 18:25

yum knows by querying the rpm database. for example
â€“Â Bratchley
Mar 25 '15 at 18:09

@Bratchley Is there a way to get that name from a package url?
â€“Â AmadeusDrZaius
Mar 25 '15 at 18:13

You should be able to give rpm a full URL to the RPM you're interested in. Example which will give you the package name. One note would be that it uses wget internally but seems to silently suppress errors.
â€“Â Bratchley
Mar 25 '15 at 18:17

@taliezin that's roughly equivalent to rpm -qa packageName except it's printed in a way that makes it look like yum output.
â€“Â Bratchley
Mar 25 '15 at 18:18

@Bratchley, sorry i saw the link later, but I deleted it.
â€“Â taliezin
Mar 25 '15 at 18:25

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In your script use rpm -q packagename:

if rpm -q vim-enhanced
then
 ...
else
 ...
fi

answered Mar 25 '15 at 23:36

JJoao

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Thanks, this worked well. I had to manually fiddle with the package name for packages which were obtained through urls, but other than that, it went smoothly.
â€“Â AmadeusDrZaius
Mar 26 '15 at 0:38

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I'm happy it worked. Sometimes package names can be tricky. I wish package names were slightly more normalized...
â€“Â JJoao
Mar 26 '15 at 6:32

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You can try:

#yum list installed | grep tmux
tmux.x86_64 1.9a-5.fc21 @updates

or:

#yum list installed tmux
Loaded plugins: langpacks
Installed Packages
tmux.x86_64 1.9a-5.fc21 @updates

Without grep you get some extra lines, but both outputs can be piped through some text editor according to your needs.

answered Mar 25 '15 at 18:24

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In your script use rpm -q packagename:

if rpm -q vim-enhanced
then
 ...
else
 ...
fi

answered Mar 25 '15 at 23:36

JJoao

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Thanks, this worked well. I had to manually fiddle with the package name for packages which were obtained through urls, but other than that, it went smoothly.
â€“Â AmadeusDrZaius
Mar 26 '15 at 0:38

1

I'm happy it worked. Sometimes package names can be tricky. I wish package names were slightly more normalized...
â€“Â JJoao
Mar 26 '15 at 6:32

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up vote
5
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In your script use rpm -q packagename:

if rpm -q vim-enhanced
then
 ...
else
 ...
fi

answered Mar 25 '15 at 23:36

JJoao

6,7111826

Thanks, this worked well. I had to manually fiddle with the package name for packages which were obtained through urls, but other than that, it went smoothly.
â€“Â AmadeusDrZaius
Mar 26 '15 at 0:38

1

I'm happy it worked. Sometimes package names can be tricky. I wish package names were slightly more normalized...
â€“Â JJoao
Mar 26 '15 at 6:32

add a commentÂ |Â

up vote
5
down vote

accepted

In your script use rpm -q packagename:

if rpm -q vim-enhanced
then
 ...
else
 ...
fi

answered Mar 25 '15 at 23:36

JJoao

6,7111826

In your script use rpm -q packagename:

if rpm -q vim-enhanced
then
 ...
else
 ...
fi

answered Mar 25 '15 at 23:36

JJoao

6,7111826

answered Mar 25 '15 at 23:36

JJoao

6,7111826

answered Mar 25 '15 at 23:36

JJoao

6,7111826

answered Mar 25 '15 at 23:36

JJoao

6,7111826

Thanks, this worked well. I had to manually fiddle with the package name for packages which were obtained through urls, but other than that, it went smoothly.
â€“Â AmadeusDrZaius
Mar 26 '15 at 0:38

1

I'm happy it worked. Sometimes package names can be tricky. I wish package names were slightly more normalized...
â€“Â JJoao
Mar 26 '15 at 6:32

add a commentÂ |Â

Thanks, this worked well. I had to manually fiddle with the package name for packages which were obtained through urls, but other than that, it went smoothly.
â€“Â AmadeusDrZaius
Mar 26 '15 at 0:38

1

I'm happy it worked. Sometimes package names can be tricky. I wish package names were slightly more normalized...
â€“Â JJoao
Mar 26 '15 at 6:32

Thanks, this worked well. I had to manually fiddle with the package name for packages which were obtained through urls, but other than that, it went smoothly.
â€“Â AmadeusDrZaius
Mar 26 '15 at 0:38

I'm happy it worked. Sometimes package names can be tricky. I wish package names were slightly more normalized...
â€“Â JJoao
Mar 26 '15 at 6:32

add a commentÂ |Â

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You can try:

#yum list installed | grep tmux
tmux.x86_64 1.9a-5.fc21 @updates

or:

#yum list installed tmux
Loaded plugins: langpacks
Installed Packages
tmux.x86_64 1.9a-5.fc21 @updates

Without grep you get some extra lines, but both outputs can be piped through some text editor according to your needs.

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You can try:

#yum list installed | grep tmux
tmux.x86_64 1.9a-5.fc21 @updates

or:

#yum list installed tmux
Loaded plugins: langpacks
Installed Packages
tmux.x86_64 1.9a-5.fc21 @updates

Without grep you get some extra lines, but both outputs can be piped through some text editor according to your needs.

answered Mar 25 '15 at 18:24

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up vote
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You can try:

#yum list installed | grep tmux
tmux.x86_64 1.9a-5.fc21 @updates

or:

#yum list installed tmux
Loaded plugins: langpacks
Installed Packages
tmux.x86_64 1.9a-5.fc21 @updates

Without grep you get some extra lines, but both outputs can be piped through some text editor according to your needs.

answered Mar 25 '15 at 18:24

petry

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You can try:

#yum list installed | grep tmux
tmux.x86_64 1.9a-5.fc21 @updates

or:

#yum list installed tmux
Loaded plugins: langpacks
Installed Packages
tmux.x86_64 1.9a-5.fc21 @updates

Without grep you get some extra lines, but both outputs can be piped through some text editor according to your needs.

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