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| 49051 | 2002-05-15 23:41:00 | On my RedHat 7.3 discs (3) There are about a trillion RPM files in the RPM directories. Other than loading obvious packages during installation, I will only want to load a few specific packages afterwards. My problem is that the names of the packages are not particularly descriptive. Is there a listing somewhere of what each package is (preferably sortable by type - eg, games/office/graphics etc) Thanks |
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| 49052 | 2002-05-16 03:13:00 | if you open a xterm in kde or at the commannd the following if the rpm is not installed rpm -qip rpmfilename if it is installed you can leave out the 'p' doing this will display the packages description |
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| 49053 | 2002-05-16 03:39:00 | Thanks Craig but the problem still remains that I would have to go through a gazillion packages <it's going up ;^) > to find the one I might want. For example, if I was looking for a programme to manage downloads, how would I find all these types of programmes on the disc? |
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| 49054 | 2002-05-16 06:09:00 | Try the Red Hat site I seem to remember that they listed what all the packages were. | Guest (0) | ||
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