On Thu, 24 Aug 2000, Zaleski, Matthew (M.E.) wrote:
> I've got a strange request. Are there any easy ways to manipulate the
> entire RPM DB at the console?
>
> I just finished installing mdk7.1 on an old Pentium to become my new
> firewall machine. Due to bugs in the install script I could not choose
> expert mode to hand pick my packages at install-time. The best I could do
> was "customize" and "server". I'm not running X on the machine so I can't
> run rpmdrake. I want to browse the list of installed rpms, view their
> descriptions and remove the unnecessary rpms for security's sake. I know
> that I do "rpm -qa" to list the installed rpms and "rpm -qi <rpmname>" to
> view the description. Is there anything more "automated" than that? I like
> the way rpmdrake organizes the rpms into categories.
Sorry for the 'RTFM'-type reply, but I don't think it's possible to make a
short answer.
So, I would advice you to take a look at 'maximum RPM' book, available at
http://www.rpm.org. It contains ALL you need to know about the rpm
command.
If it can help you, I'll tell you already that you can list all the
package from a certain group with the "-g" option :
rpm -qg Applications/Text
HTH
Flupke
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