On Saturday 04 January 2003 12:30 am, Russ wrote: > OK, I accidentally found rpmdrake (opened a console and typed rpmdrake, > imagine that), Anyway I did a search for WINE and it was there but how > do I tell if it is actually installed or just available to install? And > if it is not installed should I get the newest version? > > Thanks Again > Russ > > On Fri, 2003-01-03 at 20:39, Russ wrote: > > Franki, > > > > I am in the GUI mode. Where is rpmdrake? I have been all over that menu. > > I also did the console check but nothing happened. It just took me to > > another prompt. > > > > Please understand, I am still new at this game. I have tinkered with > > Mandrake before but I have never got this far before. Everything seems > > to work (except the printer but I haven't messed with that yet) > > > > Thanks > > Russ > > > > On Thu, 2003-01-02 at 23:02, Franki wrote: > > > rpm -qa |grep wine > > > > > > in a console will tell you if its installed.. > > > > > > but its easier to just use rpmdrake if you are in the GUI.. > > > > > > or you can open a console terminal.. and enter: urpmi wine > > > > > > > > > rgds > > > > > > Franki If a package shows up in rpmdrake then it is most likely not installed. If you get a message like "package already installed ........." then you would need to update the database by typing " rpm --rebuilddb" in a console as su. HTH -- Dennis M. linux user # 180842
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