> On Thu, 10 Aug 2000, Ken Archer wrote:
> > one of my "have-to-have" programs is Rpmfind. When you have to satisfy a
> > dependency it will find the file for you. Such as
> >
> > # rpmfind libdps.so.1
> >
> > It will find the file you need and download it for you. You can check it out
>
On Thu, 10 Aug 2000, Ken Archer wrote:
> one of my "have-to-have" programs is Rpmfind. When you have to satisfy a
> dependency it will find the file for you. Such as
>
> # rpmfind libdps.so.1
>
> It will find the file you need and download it for you. You can check it out
> here:
>
> htt
rpm -q -l -p some-rpm-file.rpm
Stew Benedict
Daniel Woods wrote:
> When using .tar.gz or .tgz files, it is easy to see what the list
> of files are. As well, you can easily untar it wherever you want.
>
> I want to know how to do this with RPMs.
Just drop the RPM on to a kpackage window and click the File List
tab. Each file in the lis
If you open KDE using startx and then in X-Windows, you can select the RPM file,
and a box will open allowing you to view the contents before you install the
RPM file. This also allows you to browse the already installed RPM's and
uninstall those that you don't want. Only problem is one can bre
one of my "have-to-have" programs is Rpmfind. When you have to satisfy a
dependency it will find the file for you. Such as
# rpmfind libdps.so.1
It will find the file you need and download it for you. You can check it out
here:
http://rpmfind.net/linux/rpm2html/rpmfind.html
On Thu, 10 A
On Thu, 10 Aug 2000, Carver, Paul, NLSOP wrote:
> You can definitely do it. Check the man page. I think you have to add "-p
> filename" in addition to the "-ql". I'm not sure that "p" is the right
> option though.
Ok, I missed that one. Using 'rpm -qp package-mdk.i586.rpm' works.
And using 'rpm
You can definitely do it. Check the man page. I think you have to add "-p
filename" in addition to the "-ql". I'm not sure that "p" is the right
option though.
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> Sent: Thursday, August 10, 2000 03:54 PM
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