I've got a strange request. Are there any easy ways to manipulate the
entire RPM DB at the console?
I just finished installing mdk7.1 on an old Pentium to become my new
firewall machine. Due to bugs in the install script I could not choose
expert mode to hand pick my packages at install-time. The best I could do
was "customize" and "server". I'm not running X on the machine so I can't
run rpmdrake. I want to browse the list of installed rpms, view their
descriptions and remove the unnecessary rpms for security's sake. I know
that I do "rpm -qa" to list the installed rpms and "rpm -qi <rpmname>" to
view the description. Is there anything more "automated" than that? I like
the way rpmdrake organizes the rpms into categories.
Matthew Zaleski
R&VT Vehicle Dynamics
Ford Motor Company
Phone: (313) 248-9866, Fax: (313) 390-4833
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