Gerald Timothy Quimpo wrote:

> generally, you can tell what packages some file is from
> (e.g., libmysqlclient.so.* is going to be from mysql*.rpm or
> maybe libmysql*.rpm etc).  if you're not sure which of three
> packages it's from, often google knows.
>
> i didn't want to wade through google though, so i just did:

www.rpmfind.net works faster and even tells you where to download each
package for your specific distros.


>    is there a better way (some other rpm params) to find out
>    which rpm provides a given file?

rpm -q --whatprovides <search file>


God bless.

William
================================ icq #8313012 ====
  Experience is a hard teacher. It gives the test first, the lesson
afterward.



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