On Sat, Dec 17, 2011 at 2:19 PM, William Case <billli...@rogers.com> wrote: > I think I remember reading a suggestion here about how to get a list of > the main or core programs on my machine. It was -- I think -- an rpm or > yum list command of some kind + grep. I don't want every plugin or > update or library just the main program. > > I am about to do a virgin install of Fedora 16 (because its about time I > started fresh rather than with preupgarde again ) and I would like to > get a simple editable list of all the stuff I now have. > > It was one of those things that you say "hey neat" but don't save. Now > I can't replicate it.
This will list all RPMs that put something in */bin/ (e.g. all packages that ship something you can run): rpm -qal | grep '/bin/' | xargs rpm -q --whatprovides | sort -u -T.C. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
