On Wednesday February 12 2003 03:30 pm, Jerry Barton wrote:
> so, since rpmdrake's become enigmatic, anyone know what command
> used to query a package BEFORE istallation to list every file it's
> going to install (and where) so i could, for example, out the
> output to a text file and read it first?
>
> (ie command [option] [pakcage] > files.txt)
>
> ??
>
> Jerry.
rpm -qpil /path/to/filename.rpm > /path/to/files.txt
But you don't need to type in the whole filename of the rpm. Just
the first 3 or 4 letters and then hit <Tab> to auto complete it. Same
for path, just type the first few letters of the directories, and use
<Tab> to complete, on the way to its location. Quick, easy, no
typo's ;) And you don't need to pipe it to a text file, you can read
the whole rpm description and where the files will be placed in the
terminal.
rpm -Uvh --test filename.rpm will tell you if you're gonna need
some dependencies, without installing the rpm.
urpmi filename.mdk.rpm and you don't need to fret with any of
^^^
the above ;) <Tab> still works tho ;)
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