RE: [expert] Console manipulation of RPMs

2000-08-28 Thread Zaleski, Matthew (M.E.)
PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [expert] Console manipulation of RPMs > > > On Fri, 25 Aug 2000, flupke pushed some tiny letters in this order: > > > > If it can help you, I'll tell you already that you can list all the > > package from a certain group with the "-

Re: [expert] Console manipulation of RPMs

2000-08-26 Thread Alexander Skwar
On Thu, Aug 24, 2000 at 03:56:01PM -0400, Zaleski, Matthew (M.E.) wrote: > Does your scheme assume that I have X installed on the server? I don't have > a functional copy of X on my server machine. I always get the X So? You don't need a X server on the machine running the X apps, you need one

Re: [expert] Console manipulation of RPMs

2000-08-24 Thread Tony McGee
On Fri, 25 Aug 2000, flupke pushed some tiny letters in this order: > > 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 > You create a list of all the groups on your system you can run: rpm -

RE: [expert] Console manipulation of RPMs

2000-08-24 Thread Asheesh Laroia
TECTED]] > > Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2000 3:30 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: [expert] Console manipulation of RPMs > > > > > > I have the same type of problem with my headless / inputless > > P133 server. > > > > Quick IP ad

Re: [expert] Console manipulation of RPMs

2000-08-24 Thread Greg Stewart
It's actually very easy once you get used to the rpm arguments. Using rpm -qa you can pipe the database through either grep or more or both and get a list of everything on the system, rpms with only a certain string or version, etc. eg: to get a list of all kernel rpms: rpm -qa |grep kernel wil

Re: [expert] Console manipulation of RPMs

2000-08-24 Thread flupke
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

RE: [expert] Console manipulation of RPMs

2000-08-24 Thread Zaleski, Matthew (M.E.)
- > From: Asheesh Laroia [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2000 3:30 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [expert] Console manipulation of RPMs > > > I have the same type of problem with my headless / inputless > P133 server. > > Quick I

Re: [expert] Console manipulation of RPMs

2000-08-24 Thread Asheesh Laroia
I have the same type of problem with my headless / inputless P133 server. Quick IP address list: server = "thecore" = 192.168.0.4 my personal machine inside the LAN = "Renaissance" = 192.168.0.3 First, I log into Renaissance and type "xhost +192.168.0.4" Then, I telnet (or SSH) into the server

[expert] Console manipulation of RPMs

2000-08-24 Thread Zaleski, Matthew (M.E.)
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.