This post will guide you how to find yum package installation location in CentOS/RHEL Linux. How do I find installed location of a RPM package in Linux. How to find the installation path for a package under Linux.
Find Yum Package Installation Location
After installed a package using yum tool, You may be want to know which directory can I find the packages installed using yum. If you want to list all files installed by yum tool, you can use the rpm command with -ql option to check.
For example, you install a package called wget, and you can use the following command to list all files of package wget. Type:
# yum install wget # rpm -ql wget
Outputs:
[root@os_x8664 ~]# yum install wget -y Loaded plugins: rhnplugin, ulninfo This system is receiving updates from ULN. Resolving Dependencies --> Running transaction check ---> Package wget.x86_64 0:1.14-13.el7 will be updated ---> Package wget.x86_64 0:1.14-18.el7 will be an update --> Finished Dependency Resolution Dependencies Resolved ========================================================================================================================================================== Package Arch Version Repository Size ========================================================================================================================================================== Updating: wget x86_64 1.14-18.el7 ol7_x86_64_latest 545 k Transaction Summary ========================================================================================================================================================== Upgrade 1 Package Total download size: 545 k Downloading packages: Delta RPMs disabled because /usr/bin/applydeltarpm not installed. wget-1.14-18.el7.x86_64.rpm | 545 kB 00:00:00 Running transaction check Running transaction test y Transaction test succeeded Running transaction Updating : wget-1.14-18.el7.x86_64 1/2 Cleanup : wget-1.14-13.el7.x86_64 2/2 Verifying : wget-1.14-18.el7.x86_64 1/2 Verifying : wget-1.14-13.el7.x86_64 2/2 Updated: wget.x86_64 0:1.14-18.el7 Complete! [root@os_x8664 ~]# rpm -ql wget /etc/wgetrc /usr/bin/wget /usr/share/doc/wget-1.14 /usr/share/doc/wget-1.14/AUTHORS /usr/share/doc/wget-1.14/COPYING /usr/share/doc/wget-1.14/MAILING-LIST /usr/share/doc/wget-1.14/NEWS /usr/share/doc/wget-1.14/README /usr/share/doc/wget-1.14/sample.wgetrc /usr/share/info/wget.info.gz /usr/share/locale/be/LC_MESSAGES/wget.mo