you can also search for package names using: urpmq <searchword> then rpm -qa | grep <packagename> to see if it's installed.
On Sun, 2007-09-16 at 22:00 +000ep0, Don Gould wrote: > John Rye wrote: > > > > /var/lib/urpmi for the file lists - have fun :-) > > > > > Any idea which file is the list of rpms I've already got installed? > > > Find the rpmdrake files on your cd (hdd, floppy or whatever), change to > > that directory and remove and reinstall > > > > 'rpm -e rmpdrake' > > 'rpm -U ./rpmdrake' > > > > > >> I want to see the list of installed apps so I can work out if two > >> machines have the same versions of ssh installed on them. > >> > > > > Why not 'ssh -v' on both machines? > > > > > ssh just doesn't run on one of them. That's the problem I'm trying to fix. > > I suspect she just doesn't have enough apps installed > > >
