Re: [newbie] RPMs Go Where?

-- Message réacheminé -- Subject: Re: [newbie] RPMs Go Where? Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2000 13:36:49 +0100 From: flupke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To list all the files contained in a (uninstalled) package, simply type : rpm -qpl package.rpm You can also list just the documen

Re: [newbie] RPMs Go Where?

before installing the rpm, go to a xterm session, cd to the directory that has the RPM you want installed and try doing this. rpm -qipl ..rpm |more this will show you just about everything about the rpm. Eric At 07:27 AM 3/1/2000 -0500, Lane Lester wrote: >I've read the man page,

Re: [newbie] RPMs Go Where?

I do it the lazy way: I use Midnight Commander ("mc" on the command line) ;-) Hitting enter on an rpm (if it is NOT set to be executable) opens it just like a directory. Istvan Lane Lester wrote: > I've read the man page, but it just isn't clear to me: what parameter do > I add to the rpm comma

[newbie] RPMs Go Where?

I've read the man page, but it just isn't clear to me: what parameter do I add to the rpm command so it will tell me where it's sticking all this wonderful stuff? I've been using -Uhv, but I'd like to have something so that I would see a display like tar -xfzf gives me. -- Lane Lane Leste