Re: RPM has problems recognizing installed packages

[Carlos <garciasuarez ya com>]

thanks

you gave me the solution

Carlos

On Thursday 01 May 2003 13:07, Michael Schwendt wrote:
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> On Thu, 1 May 2003 10:52:20 +0200, Carlos wrote:
> > Quite frequently RPM on RH 8.0 seems to have trouble
> > indentifying installed packages. I just installed a
> > java_plugin and after installing a ask "rpm -qi
> > packagename" and I get the message that the package is
> > not installed. However, if I try to installe it again,
> > then a get a message saying that it is already
> > installed. I have rebuild the rpm data base and it
> > keeps on doing the same.
> >
> > Could someone clarify ?
>
> With RPM, the package name need not be the file name. The
> real package name is stored inside the RPM file header.
> Run something like the following on the package file
>
>   rpm --query --package java_plugin* --queryformat
> "%{name}\n"
>
> to find out the package name. That's the name used inside
> the RPM database. Or take a look at the top of
>
>   rpm --query --all --last | less
>
> to see what packages you have installed most recently.
>
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