topic Re: rpm command in Operating System - Linux

rpm command

Ragni Singh — Mon, 13 Sep 2004 11:38:46 GMT

Whats is the rpm command and option that will tell me the description of the package.

Thanks and points will be assigned.

Re: rpm command

Alexander Chuzhoy — Mon, 13 Sep 2004 11:40:45 GMT

rpm -qip packagename
will do that
Regards
You can always read the manual
man rpm

Re: rpm command

Rick Garland — Mon, 13 Sep 2004 14:17:48 GMT

rpm -qa | grep -i

This is a condensed version of the rpm command - this will allow you to see if a specific package is installed without having to go through the whole list as generated by rpm

Re: rpm command

Ragni Singh — Mon, 13 Sep 2004 14:20:16 GMT

Thanks but Alexander was right on the money. He gets 10 points.