#!/usr/bin/python

# Lists information on installed package listed on command line.

# Usage:

# python rpminfo.py package_name

import rpm, sys

def printEntry(header, label, format, extra):

value = header.sprintf(format).strip()

print "%-20s: %s %s" % (label, value, extra)

def printHeader(h):

if h[rpm.RPMTAG_SOURCEPACKAGE]:

extra = " source package"

else:

extra = " binary package"

printEntry(h, 'Package', "%{NAME}-%{VERSION}-%{RELEASE}", extra)

printEntry(h, 'Group', "%{GROUP}", '')

printEntry(h, 'Summary', "%{Summary}", '')

printEntry(h, 'Arch-OS-Platform', "%{ARCH}-%{OS}-%{PLATFORM}", '')

printEntry(h, 'Vendor', "%{Vendor}", '')

printEntry(h, 'URL', "%{URL}", '')

printEntry(h, 'Size', "%{Size}", '')

printEntry(h, 'Installed on', "%{INSTALLTID:date}", '')

print h['description']

print "Files:"

fi = h.fiFromHeader()

print fi

# Dependencies

print "Provides:"

print h.dsFromHeader('providename')

print "Requires:"

print h.dsFromHeader('requirename')

if h.dsFromHeader('obsoletename'):

print "Obsoletes:"

print h.dsFromHeader('obsoletename')

if h.dsFromHeader('conflictname'):

print "Conflicts:"

print h.dsFromHeader('conflictname')

ts = rpm.TransactionSet()

mi = ts.dbMatch( 'name', sys.argv[1] )

for h in mi:

printHeader(h)

$ python rpminfo.py jikes

Package : jikes-1.18-1 binary package

Group : Development/Languages

Summary : java source to bytecode compiler

Arch-OS-Platform : i386-Linux-(none)

Vendor : (none)

URL : http://ibm.com/developerworks/opensource/jikes

Size : 2853672

Installed on : Mon Dec 2 20:10:13 2002

The IBM Jikes compiler translates Java source files to bytecode. It

also supports incremental compilation and automatic makefile

generation,and is maintained by the Jikes Project:

http://ibm.com/developerworks/opensource/jikes/

Files:

/usr/bin/jikes

/usr/doc/jikes-1.18/license.htm

/usr/man/man1/jikes.1.gz

Provides:

P jikes

P jikes = 1.18-1

Requires:

R ld-linux.so.2

R libc.so.6

R libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.0)

R libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.1)

R libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.1.3)

R libm.so.6

R libstdc++-libc6.2-2.so.3