[ILUG] Linux Newbie - Basic Question RPM

[Justin MacCarthy]

Am I right in saying -qf switch is used to query a package ?? Get info
etc..??? Another problem I ran up against was an errormsg telling me a
hadn't enough room on / to install the package, so i used the --dbpath
switch, is there a way to set a --dbpath default ???

Is there a good guide to rpm anywhere ???

~Justin

----- Original Message -----
From: Ryan, Philip <Philip.Ryan at ie.fid-intl.com>
To: 'Justin MacCarthy' <macarthy at iol.ie>; <ilug at linux.ie>
Sent: Monday, March 06, 2000 11:15 AM
Subject: RE: [ILUG] Linux Newbie - Basic Question RPM


> try rpm -qf ld-linux.os.2 to find out what package contains this lib ...
and
> then get the latest package ...
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Justin MacCarthy [SMTP:macarthy at iol.ie]
> > Sent: Monday, March 06, 2000 10:45 AM
> > To: ilug at linux.ie
> > Subject: [ILUG] Linux Newbie - Basic Question RPM
> >
> >  Hi, very simple question,but couldn't find an answer in the MAN
pages...
> >
> > I'm new to RPM, and I was trying to install a package yesterday.
> >
> > When I ran rpm -i <package> I got a a message telling me that I was
> > missing
> > dependencies
> > ,ld-linux.os.2  and a load of others. Do I need to install other
packages
> > first, ie the packages which contain these libs ????? If so how can I
find
> > out which packages contain these libs????
> >
> > I'm currently running RedHat 6.0 ...
> >
> > Be gentle ....
> > Thanks
> >
> > ~Justin MacCarthy
> >
> >
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