How to verify if a package is installed?

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Issue

  • How to verify if a package is installed ?
  • How to check which version of a package is installed ?

Note:
This knowledge article is specific to application distributed as RPM packages.

Starting with RHEL 8 some applications are distributed as AppStream modules,
to verify if a package distributed as an Appstream module is installed refer to the following knowledge article:
- How to verify if an AppStream module is installed?

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, 7, 8, 9

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