Global Options

The following options can be used in any of RPM's modes:

• --quiet — Print as little output as possible.

• -v — Be a little more verbose.

• -vv — Be incredibly verbose (for debugging).

• --root <dir> — Use <dir> as the top level directory.

• --dbpath <dir> — Use <dir> as the directory for the database.

• --rcfile <file> — Use <file> instead of /etc/rpmrc and $HOME/.rpmrc.