Re: How to find out info on this .rpm file?

kypkprkgw_at_btgzyv.com
Date: 11/02/03 

Date: Sun, 02 Nov 2003 06:59:27 GMT

|However, say I have a file: something.rpm
|
|What is the command to find out it's contents,
|what it is, prerequisites, etc. ie.
|
|command -flag something.rpm
|
|And without searching the web for documentation.
|
|I've read the man pages for rpm, but it's not obvious.
|Is it a different command?

rpm also. Just add the p flag to indicate it's a RPM file you are
dealing with, not an installed packages. E.g.

rpm -qlp something.rpm to find out what's inside it
rpm -qip something.rpm to read the package info

[You're over-crossposting. This is a simple question.] 

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