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RPMSPEC(1) General Commands Manual RPMSPEC(1)
rpmspec - RPM Spec Tool
rpmspec {-q|--query} [options] [query-options] SPEC_FILE ...
rpmspec {-P|--parse} [options] SPEC_FILE ...
rpmspec --shell [options] [SPEC_FILE ...]
rpmspec is a tool for querying a spec file. More specifically for
querying hypothetical packages which would be created from the
given spec file. So querying a spec file with rpmspec is similar
to querying a package built from that spec file. But it is not
identical. With rpmspec you can't query all fields which you can
query from a built package. E. g. you can't query BUILDTIME with
rpmspec for obvious reasons. You also cannot query other fields
automatically generated during a build of a package like auto
generated dependencies.
-q, --query
Query parsed spec header, similarly to querying packages.
-P, --parse
Output parsed spec file to the standard output. That is,
conditionals are handled, macros parsed and so on.
--shell
Invoke an interactive shell for inspecting macros, optionally
after parsing a spec. Mainly useful for troubleshooting.
SPECFILE
RPM spec file used for building packages with rpmbuild.
See rpm-common(8) for the options common to all operations.
--qf QUERYFMT, --queryformat QUERYFMT
Specify output format for spec queries. See rpm-queryformat(7)
for details.
--rpms
Operate on the all binary package headers generated from spec.
--builtrpms
Operate only on the binary package headers of packages which
would be built from spec. That means ignoring package headers
of packages that won't be built from spec i. e. ignoring
package headers of packages without file section.
--srpm
Operate on the source package header(s) generated from spec.
See rpm-common(8).
On success, 0 is returned, a nonzero failure code otherwise.
rpmspec -q rpm.spec
Get list of binary packages which would be generated from the
rpm spec file, eg:
rpm-4.11.3-3.fc20.x86_64
rpm-libs-4.11.3-3.fc20.x86_64
rpm-build-libs-4.11.3-3.fc20.x86_64
...
rpmspec -q --qf "%{name}: %{summary}n" rpm.spec
Get summary infos for single binary packages generated from
the rpm spec file, eg:
rpm: The RPM package management system
rpm-libs: Libraries for manipulating RPM packages
rpm-build-libs: Libraries for building and signing RPM packages
...
rpmspec -q --srpm rpm.spec
Get the source package which would be generated from the rpm
spec file, eg:
rpm-4.11.3-3.fc20.x86_64
rpmspec -P rpm.spec
Parse the rpm spec file to standard output, eg:
Summary: The RPM package management system
Name: rpm
Version: 4.14.0
...
rpmspec --shell
Run interactive macro shell for debugging macros, eg:
> %define foo bar
> %foo
bar
> %(date)
Tue Apr 13 03:55:37 PM EEST 2021
> %getncpus
8
rpmspec --shell popt.spec
Run interactive macros shell in spec context, eg:
%name
popt
%version
1.18
popt(3), rpm(8), rpmbuild(1), rpm-queryformat(7), rpm-macros(7)
rpmspec --help - as rpm supports customizing the options via popt
aliases it's impossible to guarantee that what's described in the
manual matches what's available.
http://www.rpm.org/
This page is part of the rpm (RPM Package Manager) project.
Information about the project can be found at
⟨https://github.com/rpm-software-management/rpm⟩. It is not known
how to report bugs for this man page; if you know, please send a
mail to man-pages@man7.org. This page was obtained from the
project's upstream Git repository
⟨https://github.com/rpm-software-management/rpm.git⟩ on
2026-01-16. (At that time, the date of the most recent commit
that was found in the repository was 2026-01-15.) If you discover
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RPM 6.0.90 2026-01-16 RPMSPEC(1)
Pages that refer to this page: rpmbuild(1), rpm-lua(7), rpm-macros(7), rpm(8), rpm-common(8)
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