[ILUG] rpm Question

[Dave Burke]

to query a package file, you need to do something like..

[dave at hoth ~/testing]$ rpm -qp joe-2.8-18.i386.rpm 
joe-2.8-18


Once it's installed, drop everything after the first '-'

[dave at hoth ~/testing]$ rpm -q joe
joe-2.8-42.62

or ... rpm -qi <foo> for a more verbose output, or
rpm -ql <foo> to list all the files that have been installed by a package

If your not sure of a package name, try doing..

[dave at hoth ~/testing]$ rpm -qa |grep -i joe
joe-2.8-42.62


HTH,

Dave


On Thu, May 10, 2001 at 09:37:57AM +0100, JustinMacCarthy wrote:
> Hi, I have a query RE rpm (RH6.1)
> 
> if do 
> 	rpm -q foopackge.rpm 
> 
> I get package.rpm is not installed 
> if i do
> 
> 	rpm -vhi foopackge.rpm
> 
> I get :
> 
> 	foopackage ###################################### 
> 
> then :
> 	rpm -q foopackge.rpm 
> 
> I get package.rpm is not installed.
> 
> If I then try :
> 	rpm -vhi foopackge.rpm
> 
> I get package already installed..
> I tried rpm --rebuilddb but it didn't make a difference. 
> Anyone know whats going on?
> 
> 
> ~ Justin 
> 
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