> On Thu, 10 Jun 2004 20:33:38 -0400 > Teilhard Knight <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > [...} > |> But perhaps there are > |>ways I do not know about to check which|installed programs there > |>are, huh?| > |>Cordially, > |> > |>Teilhard > [...] > > Hi Teilhard, > I started using linux over 9 months ago and someone suggested > this..<< Greg Meyer maybe ? IIRC >> any way .. > > you can go to Mandrake Control Center [mcc] --> then to > Software management --> Remove .... > and .. with no intention of removing any packages 8) > .. just click on any of the installed programs for their information > .. make sure"maximum information" is checked, so you can take a look > at the list of"files" that are installed from a package. > > :: or the longer way :: > in a terminal you can type: > > $ rpm -qa | sort > ~/rpmlist-`date +%d%m%y_%I%M`.txt > > will create a file like this with the current date at the current > time: > > rpmlist-100604_0904.txt > > which is a sorted list of all rpm packages installed that you can > read in any text editor 8) and save for later. > > and for any package name you can get the information of by typing: > > $ rpm -qi "packagename" > > or > > for the list of files a package will install: > > $ rpm -ql "packagename" > > also .. > $ man rpm in a terminal > or in konqueror > type man:rpm for more info > > check out www.urpmi.org for info on urpmi > > HTH > RickS
What you tell me is great. I started thinking in Linux as a black box. I hope in 9 months from now, I'll be able to get familiar with the OS like you. I do not have much time to spend learning it, so, I wouldn't be so sure. Thanks so much for your feedback. Teilhard ------------------------------------------------- This mail sent through CWMail: http://www.crosswinds.net
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