Re: glibc-2.2 RPM versus glibc-2.1.92-14, please Help !

[Bret Hughes <bhughes elevating com>]

Michael George wrote:

> >
> > It's very strange! When i use the command rpm -q
> > glibc-2.2-12.i686.RPM to see if its really installed,
> > the message say NO.
>
> That's because the package is "glibc" not "glibc-2.2-12.i686.RPM".  The *file*
> is "glibc-2.2-12.i686.RPM", the *package* is "glibc".  I used to make this
> mistake, too.  Especially when I use file-completion with the "rpm -q"
> command...

yep.

rpm -qa|grep glibc

or whatever is your friend

The package names sometimes include version information.  It can be very
confusing.

Another of my old favorites is rpm -qa|sort |less for an alphabetical listing of
all the packages installed.

HTH

Bret