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RPM Default installation path

Generally, the RPM package uses the default installation path. The installation files will be installed in different directories by category, as shown below:

The RPM package can also specify the installation path manually (not recommended).

Example Query the default RPM package installation path

The RPM package records related configuration parameters and generates corresponding information, such as the installation path and configuration path, during installation based on the Linux operating system.

You can query the default installation path of a packagerpm -qpl <package_name>.

• -q|--queryRPM query is executed. Use alone to query the installed package — whether it was installed, and the installed package name (to get the full name of a package).
• -p|--packageIndicates a query for a specified package, especially one that is not installed. If a package is not installed, it is not specified-pYou will be prompted that it is not installed.
• -l|--list: lists all files in the software package and their installation paths.

For example, query information about an online MySQL package, including the default installation path:

# rpm -qpl https://mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/mysql/yum/mysql-8.0-community-el7-x86_64/mysql-community-server-8.0.26-1.el7.x86_64 .rpm
/etc/logrotate.d/mysql
/etc/my.cnf
/etc/my.cnf.d
/usr/bin/ibd2sdi
/usr/bin/innochecksum
/usr/bin/lz4_decompress
/usr/bin/my_print_defaults
/usr/bin/myisam_ftdump
/usr/bin/myisamchk
/usr/bin/myisamlog
/usr/bin/myisampack
/usr/bin/mysql_secure_installation
/usr/bin/mysql_ssl_rsa_setup
/usr/bin/mysql_tzinfo_to_sql
/usr/bin/mysql_upgrade
/usr/bin/mysqld_pre_systemd
/usr/bin/mysqldumpslow
/usr/bin/perror
/usr/bin/zlib_decompress
/usr/lib/systemd/system/mysqld.service
/usr/lib/systemd/system/[email protected]
/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/mysql.conf
/usr/lib64/mysql/mecab
/usr/lib64/mysql/mecab/dic
/usr/lib64/mysql/mecab/dic/ipadic_euc-jp
/usr/lib64/mysql/mecab/dic/ipadic_euc-jp/char.bin
/usr/lib64/mysql/mecab/dic/ipadic_euc-jp/dicrc
/usr/lib64/mysql/mecab/dic/ipadic_euc-jp/left-id.def
/usr/lib64/mysql/mecab/dic/ipadic_euc-jp/matrix.bin
/usr/lib64/mysql/mecab/dic/ipadic_euc-jp/pos-id.def
/usr/lib64/mysql/mecab/dic/ipadic_euc-jp/rewrite.def
/usr/lib64/mysql/mecab/dic/ipadic_euc-jp/right-id.def
/usr/lib64/mysql/mecab/dic/ipadic_euc-jp/sys.dic
/usr/lib64/mysql/mecab/dic/ipadic_euc-jp/unk.dic
/usr/lib64/mysql/mecab/dic/ipadic_sjis
/usr/lib64/mysql/mecab/dic/ipadic_sjis/char.bin
/usr/lib64/mysql/mecab/dic/ipadic_sjis/dicrc
/usr/lib64/mysql/mecab/dic/ipadic_sjis/left-id.def
/usr/lib64/mysql/mecab/dic/ipadic_sjis/matrix.bin
/usr/lib64/mysql/mecab/dic/ipadic_sjis/pos-id.def
/usr/lib64/mysql/mecab/dic/ipadic_sjis/rewrite.def
/usr/lib64/mysql/mecab/dic/ipadic_sjis/right-id.def
/usr/lib64/mysql/mecab/dic/ipadic_sjis/sys.dic
/usr/lib64/mysql/mecab/dic/ipadic_sjis/unk.dic
/usr/lib64/mysql/mecab/dic/ipadic_utf-8
/usr/lib64/mysql/mecab/dic/ipadic_utf-8/char.bin
/usr/lib64/mysql/mecab/dic/ipadic_utf-8/dicrc
/usr/lib64/mysql/mecab/dic/ipadic_utf-8/left-id.def
/usr/lib64/mysql/mecab/dic/ipadic_utf-8/matrix.bin
/usr/lib64/mysql/mecab/dic/ipadic_utf-8/pos-id.def
/usr/lib64/mysql/mecab/dic/ipadic_utf-8/rewrite.def
/usr/lib64/mysql/mecab/dic/ipadic_utf-8/right-id.def
/usr/lib64/mysql/mecab/dic/ipadic_utf-8/sys.dic
/usr/lib64/mysql/mecab/dic/ipadic_utf-8/unk.dic
/usr/lib64/mysql/mecab/etc
/usr/lib64/mysql/mecab/etc/mecabrc
/usr/lib64/mysql/plugin
/usr/lib64/mysql/plugin/adt_null.so
/usr/lib64/mysql/plugin/auth_socket.so
/usr/lib64/mysql/plugin/component_audit_api_message_emit.so
/usr/lib64/mysql/plugin/component_keyring_file.so
/usr/lib64/mysql/plugin/component_log_filter_dragnet.so
/usr/lib64/mysql/plugin/component_log_sink_json.so
/usr/lib64/mysql/plugin/component_log_sink_syseventlog.so
/usr/lib64/mysql/plugin/component_mysqlbackup.so
/usr/lib64/mysql/plugin/component_query_attributes.so
/usr/lib64/mysql/plugin/component_reference_cache.so
/usr/lib64/mysql/plugin/component_validate_password.so
/usr/lib64/mysql/plugin/connection_control.so
/usr/lib64/mysql/plugin/ddl_rewriter.so
/usr/lib64/mysql/plugin/debug
/usr/lib64/mysql/plugin/debug/adt_null.so
/usr/lib64/mysql/plugin/debug/auth_socket.so
/usr/lib64/mysql/plugin/debug/component_audit_api_message_emit.so
/usr/lib64/mysql/plugin/debug/component_keyring_file.so
/usr/lib64/mysql/plugin/debug/component_log_filter_dragnet.so
/usr/lib64/mysql/plugin/debug/component_log_sink_json.so
/usr/lib64/mysql/plugin/debug/component_log_sink_syseventlog.so
/usr/lib64/mysql/plugin/debug/component_mysqlbackup.so
/usr/lib64/mysql/plugin/debug/component_query_attributes.so
/usr/lib64/mysql/plugin/debug/component_reference_cache.so
/usr/lib64/mysql/plugin/debug/component_validate_password.so
/usr/lib64/mysql/plugin/debug/connection_control.so
/usr/lib64/mysql/plugin/debug/ddl_rewriter.so
/usr/lib64/mysql/plugin/debug/group_replication.so
/usr/lib64/mysql/plugin/debug/ha_example.so
/usr/lib64/mysql/plugin/debug/ha_mock.so
/usr/lib64/mysql/plugin/debug/innodb_engine.so
/usr/lib64/mysql/plugin/debug/keyring_file.so
/usr/lib64/mysql/plugin/debug/keyring_udf.so
/usr/lib64/mysql/plugin/debug/libmemcached.so
/usr/lib64/mysql/plugin/debug/libpluginmecab.so
/usr/lib64/mysql/plugin/debug/locking_service.so
/usr/lib64/mysql/plugin/debug/mypluglib.so
/usr/lib64/mysql/plugin/debug/mysql_clone.so
/usr/lib64/mysql/plugin/debug/mysql_no_login.so
/usr/lib64/mysql/plugin/debug/rewrite_example.so
/usr/lib64/mysql/plugin/debug/rewriter.so
/usr/lib64/mysql/plugin/debug/semisync_master.so
/usr/lib64/mysql/plugin/debug/semisync_replica.so
/usr/lib64/mysql/plugin/debug/semisync_slave.so
/usr/lib64/mysql/plugin/debug/semisync_source.so
/usr/lib64/mysql/plugin/debug/validate_password.so
/usr/lib64/mysql/plugin/debug/version_token.so
/usr/lib64/mysql/plugin/group_replication.so
/usr/lib64/mysql/plugin/ha_example.so
/usr/lib64/mysql/plugin/ha_mock.so
/usr/lib64/mysql/plugin/innodb_engine.so
/usr/lib64/mysql/plugin/keyring_file.so
/usr/lib64/mysql/plugin/keyring_udf.so
/usr/lib64/mysql/plugin/libmemcached.so
/usr/lib64/mysql/plugin/libpluginmecab.so
/usr/lib64/mysql/plugin/locking_service.so
/usr/lib64/mysql/plugin/mypluglib.so
/usr/lib64/mysql/plugin/mysql_clone.so
/usr/lib64/mysql/plugin/mysql_no_login.so
/usr/lib64/mysql/plugin/rewrite_example.so
/usr/lib64/mysql/plugin/rewriter.so
/usr/lib64/mysql/plugin/semisync_master.so
/usr/lib64/mysql/plugin/semisync_replica.so
/usr/lib64/mysql/plugin/semisync_slave.so
/usr/lib64/mysql/plugin/semisync_source.so
/usr/lib64/mysql/plugin/validate_password.so
/usr/lib64/mysql/plugin/version_token.so
/usr/lib64/mysql/private
/usr/lib64/mysql/private/libprotobuf-lite.so.3.11.4
/usr/lib64/mysql/private/libprotobuf.so.3.11.4
/usr/sbin/mysqld
/usr/sbin/mysqld-debug
/usr/share/doc/mysql-community-server-8.0.26
/usr/share/doc/mysql-community-server-8.0.26/INFO_BIN
/usr/share/doc/mysql-community-server-8.0.26/INFO_SRC
/usr/share/doc/mysql-community-server-8.0.26/LICENSE
/usr/share/doc/mysql-community-server-8.0.26/README
/usr/share/man/man1/ibd2sdi.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/innochecksum.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/lz4_decompress.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/my_print_defaults.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/myisam_ftdump.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/myisamchk.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/myisamlog.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/myisampack.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/mysql_secure_installation.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/mysql_ssl_rsa_setup.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/mysql_tzinfo_to_sql.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/mysql_upgrade.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/mysqldumpslow.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/mysqlman.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/perror.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/zlib_decompress.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/mysqld.8.gz
/usr/share/mysql-8.0/dictionary.txt
/usr/share/mysql-8.0/innodb_memcached_config.sql
/usr/share/mysql-8.0/install_rewriter.sql
/usr/share/mysql-8.0/mysql-log-rotate
/usr/share/mysql-8.0/uninstall_rewriter.sql
/var/lib/mysql
/var/lib/mysql-files
/var/lib/mysql-keyring
/var/run/mysqld
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As you can see, it lists all the directories where mysql is installed.

If the -p parameter is not specified, an error is not installed:

# rpm -ql https://mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/mysql/yum/mysql-8.0-community-el7-x86_64/mysql-community-server-8.0.26-1.el7.x86_64 .rpmpackage https://mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/mysql/yum/mysql-8.0-community-el7-x86_64/mysql-community-server-8.0.26-1.el7.x86_64 .rpm is not installedCopy the code