On Sunday 12 October 2003 10:55 am, Eric Huff wrote: > Is there any to tell where a particular rpm came from (or where it > is available now)? I know i could un install it, and then select > reinstall and that would tell me, but that's a bit excessive. Usu i > need to do this when someone asks me where i got a particular > program from... > > > Likewise, how would i get the description, etc, for an rpm at the > cli. For example, if you select a2ps in the add software section, > you get this info: > > ------------ > Name: a2ps > Version: 4.13b-1mdk > Size: 2243 KB > Source: main > Currently installed version: (none) > > Summary: Converts text and other types of files to PostScript(TM) > > Description: The a2ps filter converts text and other types of files > to PostScript(TM). a2ps has pretty-printing capabilities and > includes support for a wide number of programming languages, > encodings (ISO Latins, Cyrillic, etc.), and medias. > ------------- > > Is there anyway to get that at the cli? Commands like urpmf > --description a2ps kind of help, but only if the name is in the > description, and it's still only part of the answer. > > Thanks, > eric
$rpm -qi name_of_pakage will give you a lot of information on this subject. Make sure you just put the name not the rpm name. For example: [EMAIL PROTECTED] yankl]$ su Password: [EMAIL PROTECTED] yankl]# rpm -qi rpm Name : rpm Relocations: (not relocateable) Version : 4.2 Vendor: MandrakeSoft Release : 19mdk Build Date: Thu 09 Oct 2003 04:06:23 AM EDT Install Date: Thu 09 Oct 2003 10:38:09 PM EDT Build Host: hp6.mandrakesoft.com Group : System/Configuration/Packaging Source RPM: rpm-4.2-19mdk.src.rpm Size : 4917558 License: GPL Signature : DSA/SHA1, Thu 09 Oct 2003 05:35:07 AM EDT, Key ID e7898ae070771ff3 Packager : Gwenole Beauchesne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> URL : http://www.rpm.org/ Summary : The RPM package management system Description : RPM is a powerful command line driven package management system capable of installing, uninstalling, verifying, querying, and updating software packages. Each software package consists of an archive of files along with information about the package like its version, a description, etc. Notice that it contain vendor name. Try to man rpm and look for query section for more switches. -- Yankl Tiny IT guy. 100 % Micro$oft free. Registered linux users 181086 URL: http://yankele.com ----------------------- To mess up a Linux box, you need to work at it; to mess up your Windows box, you just need to work on it.
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