Linux rpm command no such file or directory error and solution

New Linux user often get this error. Let us say you haved downloaded the RPM file from net and saved to /tmp, you may get error – no no such file or directory – when the file is really downloaded and ls command can show the same.

Answer is pretty simple rpm command needs the full path to RPM command. Use pwd command to get full path and type the following commands:
ls *.rpm
pwd
/tmp
Now install the rpm file:
rpm -ivh myrpm.rpm
or use full path:
rpm -ivh /tmp/myrpm.rpm

Running query on uninstalled rpm package

However if you run query on uninstalled package you will get an error:
# rpm -qi /tmp/bandwidth-0.12-1.el5.rf.x86_64.rpm
Output:

package bandwidth-0.12-1.el5.rf.x86_64.rpm is not installed

To query an uninstalled package pass -p option to rpm command.
# rpm -qip /tmp/bandwidth-0.12-1.el5.rf.x86_64.rpm
Output:

Name        : bandwidth                    Relocations: (not relocatable)
Version     : 0.12                              Vendor: Dag Apt Repository, http://dag.wieers.com/apt/
Release     : 1.el5.rf                      Build Date: Sat 28 Jul 2007 03:27:28 PM CDT
Install Date: (not installed)               Build Host: lisse.leuven.wieers.com
Group       : Applications/Internet         Source RPM: bandwidth-0.12-1.el5.rf.src.rpm
Size        : 30905                            License: GPL
Signature   : DSA/SHA1, Sat 28 Jul 2007 03:31:11 PM CDT, Key ID a20e52146b8d79e6
Packager    : Dag Wieers 
URL         : http://home.comcast.net/~fbui/bandwidth.html
Summary     : Artificial benchmark for measuring memory bandwidth
Description :
bandwidth is an artificial benchmark for measuring memory bandwidth,
useful for identifying a computer's weak areas.