NOTE: those are for 64-bit installs ...but Bill's system is a 32-bit system according to his uname output. I was also confused by the various package names. I found, at least for us, that if you the query-format flag of rpm, you can tailor the output to better match what Oracle is looking for: rpm -qa --qf '%{name}-%{version}-%{release}.%{arch}\n' ...this is indeed a helpful query--most essential on x86_64 installs.