[CentOS] is yum a complete substitute of rpm?

2010-02-16 Thread R P Herrold
On Mon, 15 Feb 2010, Bowie Bailey wrote: I use rpm for basic stuff because it runs faster. For example: $ time yum list installed ... real0m17.069s user0m0.857s sys 0m0.675s $ time rpm -qa ... real0m4.714s user0m4.457s sys 0m0.120s Yum tends to take a while

Re: [CentOS] is yum a complete substitute of rpm?

2010-02-15 Thread Peter Kjellstrom
On Saturday 13 February 2010, Robert P. J. Day wrote: On Sat, 13 Feb 2010, Jim Green wrote: ... Thank Robert and Ron, Could you list an example where I need to use rpm command alone? I used rpm to install stand alone package if that is the case. i suspect there are yum alternatives for

Re: [CentOS] is yum a complete substitute of rpm?

2010-02-15 Thread Mathieu Baudier
Thank Robert and Ron, Could you list an example where I need to use rpm command alone? I used rpm to install stand alone package if that is the case. This one illustrates the kind of information you rather get with the rpm command (here the installed size): # List RPMS ordered by size

Re: [CentOS] is yum a complete substitute of rpm?

2010-02-15 Thread Bowie Bailey
Jim Green wrote: On 13 February 2010 10:27, Robert P. J. Day rpj...@crashcourse.ca wrote: On Sat, 13 Feb 2010, Jim Green wrote: $ rpm -qa # list all installed packages yum list installed I use rpm for basic stuff because it runs faster. For example: $ time

Re: [CentOS] is yum a complete substitute of rpm?

2010-02-15 Thread Peter Kjellstrom
On Monday 15 February 2010, Bowie Bailey wrote: Jim Green wrote: On 13 February 2010 10:27, Robert P. J. Day rpj...@crashcourse.ca wrote: On Sat, 13 Feb 2010, Jim Green wrote: $ rpm -qa # list all installed packages yum list installed I use rpm for basic stuff

[CentOS] is yum a complete substitute of rpm?

2010-02-13 Thread Jim Green
Dear Centos community, I am new to centos/redhat and I would like to know on a centos system, can I use yum alone to do all package management? I don't want to learn two systems and confuse myself, I understand yum is much better than rpm if is the case? Thank you! Jim

Re: [CentOS] is yum a complete substitute of rpm?

2010-02-13 Thread Robert P. J. Day
On Sat, 13 Feb 2010, Jim Green wrote: Dear Centos community, I am new to centos/redhat and I would like to know on a centos system, can I use yum alone to do all package management? I don't want to learn two systems and confuse myself, I understand yum is much better than rpm if is the case?

Re: [CentOS] is yum a complete substitute of rpm?

2010-02-13 Thread Ron Loftin
On Sat, 2010-02-13 at 10:00 -0600, Jim Green wrote: Dear Centos community, I am new to centos/redhat and I would like to know on a centos system, can I use yum alone to do all package management? I don't want to learn two systems and confuse myself, I understand yum is much better than rpm

Re: [CentOS] is yum a complete substitute of rpm?

2010-02-13 Thread Jim Green
On 13 February 2010 10:13, Ron Loftin relof...@twcny.rr.com wrote: On Sat, 2010-02-13 at 10:00 -0600, Jim Green wrote: Dear Centos community, I am new to centos/redhat and I would like to know on a centos system, can I use yum alone to do all package management? I don't want to learn two

Re: [CentOS] is yum a complete substitute of rpm?

2010-02-13 Thread Robert P. J. Day
On Sat, 13 Feb 2010, Jim Green wrote: On 13 February 2010 10:13, Ron Loftin relof...@twcny.rr.com wrote: On Sat, 2010-02-13 at 10:00 -0600, Jim Green wrote: Dear Centos community, I am new to centos/redhat and I would like to know on a centos system, can I use yum alone to do all

Re: [CentOS] is yum a complete substitute of rpm?

2010-02-13 Thread Kwan Lowe
Thank Robert and Ron, Could you list an example where I need to use rpm command alone? I used rpm to install stand alone package if that is the case. If you need information on a specific package then you'll likely need to use rpm directly. For the most part, anytime I need to install a

Re: [CentOS] is yum a complete substitute of rpm?

2010-02-13 Thread Jim Green
On 13 February 2010 10:27, Robert P. J. Day rpj...@crashcourse.ca wrote: On Sat, 13 Feb 2010, Jim Green wrote: On 13 February 2010 10:13, Ron Loftin relof...@twcny.rr.com wrote: On Sat, 2010-02-13 at 10:00 -0600, Jim Green wrote: Dear Centos community, I am new to centos/redhat and I

Re: [CentOS] is yum a complete substitute of rpm?

2010-02-13 Thread Jim Green
On 13 February 2010 10:35, Kwan Lowe kwan.l...@gmail.com wrote: Thank Robert and Ron, Could you list an example where I need to use rpm command alone? I used rpm to install stand alone package if that is the case. If you need information on a specific package then you'll likely need to use

Re: [CentOS] is yum a complete substitute of rpm?

2010-02-13 Thread Robert Heller
At Sat, 13 Feb 2010 10:00:14 -0600 CentOS mailing list centos@centos.org wrote: Dear Centos community, I am new to centos/redhat and I would like to know on a centos system, can I use yum alone to do all package management? I don't want to learn two systems and confuse myself, I understand