On Fri, 25 Jul 2003, dfox wrote: > It takes some intuition, I'll admit, to find the right libraries that > support a particular thing. I seem to remember there was a magic trick > to find the RPM that provides a specific file -- specifically, one that > *isn't* on your system. A lot of times it is confusing what to install. > For instance, I was attempting to compile something recently that needed > /usr/bin/gtk-config and couldn't track down the rpm that provides that > particular file. 'urpmi gtk' isn't very helpful: it reminds me of my job > trying to locate a specific John Smith :).
The command you're looking for is urpmf. http://www.urpmi.org/en/man-html/urpmf.php It will consider every RPM in your entire urpmi database, whether that RPM is already installed, or merely available at one of your configured urpmi sources. On my 9.0 system: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ urpmf /usr/bin/gtk-config libgtk+1.2-devel:/usr/bin/gtk-config The urpm* family of commands is IMHO the best of Mandrake's innovations. HTH! -- Bill Mullen [EMAIL PROTECTED] MA, USA RLU #270075 MDK 8.1 & 9.0 "There are two kinds of people in the world, those who believe there are two kinds of people in the world and those who don't." - Robert Benchley
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