Re: Pkginfo in linux

From: Tom Tyson <tomtysonjr_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 14:17:04 -0700 (PDT)
Message-Id: <10625.117501@fatcity.com>

Aldi

You can get a list of all of the "RPM"'s which is a RedHat type of package, I believe there are other variations on the different linux distributions. The Redhat Command to get a list of all of the packages is:

rpm -qa

To obtain the info about a package, use the name of the package returned by the previous command in the following command:

rpm -qi <package name>

FOR EXAMPLE:

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[oracle_at_linuxdb /home/oracle] # rpm -qa | grep bash bash-1.14.7-16
[oracle_at_linuxdb /home/oracle] # rpm -qi bash-1.14.7-16

Name        : bash                         Relocations: (not relocateable)
Version     : 1.14.7                            Vendor: Red Hat Software
Release     : 16                            Build Date: Tue 06 Apr 1999
12:33:12 PM EDT
Install date: Sun 23 Jan 2000 05:41:32 AM EST      Build Host:
porky.devel.redhat.com
Group       : System Environment/Shells     Source RPM: bash-1.14.7-16.src.rpm
Size        : 558538                           License: GPL
Packager    : Red Hat Software <http://developer.redhat.com/bugzilla>
Summary     : The GNU Bourne Again shell (bash).

Description :
Bash is a GNU project sh-compatible shell or command language interpreter. Bash (Bourne Again shell) incorporates useful features from the Korn shell (ksh) and the C shell (csh). Most sh scripts can be run by bash without modification.

Bash offers several improvements over sh, including command line editing, unlimited size command history, job control, shell functions and aliases, indexed arrays of unlimited size and integer arithmetic in any base from two to 64. Bash is ultimately intended to conform to the IEEE POSIX P1003.2/ISO 9945.2 Shell and Tools standard.

Bash is the default shell for Red Hat Linux. You should install bash because of its popularity and power. You'll probably end up using it.

Hope that helps out...
Tom Tyson

• Aldi Barco <ipal_at_hotmail.com> wrote:
  > Hi list,
  >
  > The command to know package installed in solaris is 'pkginfo'.
  > What is the command in Linux ?
  >
  > Aldi
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