Re: How to find out info on this .rpm file?
From: Nico Kadel-Garcia (nkadel_at_comcast.net)
Date: 11/02/03
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Date: Sun, 2 Nov 2003 13:01:31 -0500
<linuxquestion@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Dear experts,
>
> I know how to query whether something is already
> installed on my machine.
>
> rpm -qa | grep somefeature
>
>
> 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 -q -p $name.rpm
rpm -q -i -p $name.rpm
rpm -q -l -p $name.rpm
rpm -q --requires -p $name.rpm
rpm -q --provides -p $name.rpm
rpm -q --whatrequires -p $name.rpm
etc., etc., etc. The "-q" and "-p" is the key
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