RE: RPM under RH 7.3

["Harig, Mark A." <maharig idirect net>]

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From: Christopher [mailto:christopher.eastman@verizon.net]
Sent: Tuesday, August 27, 2002 12:13 PM
To: rpm-list@redhat.com
Subject: RPM under RH 7.3


>Alternatively, I thought I'd go command line.  
>The package command is in my manpath but not
>in my path.  Where does it live?  

On my RH Linux 7.1 server, the manual page for
'package' says that it is a "TCL Built-In Command".
If that's so for you also, then you won't find
an executable binary named 'package'.  It's a
command recognized by the TCL interpreter.

>(Minor gripe: the RH man pages could say where
> the commands are installed.)

They aren't RH's manual pages, per se.  They
are owned by a given project, say, 'rpm' or
'cvs', or 'fileutils', etc.

The rpm command can provide you with information
about particular rpm-installed packages, for
example,

  $ rpm -ql rpm

will list all files included in the 'rpm' rpm
package, including the directories that
contain them.

  $ rpm -qd rpm

will list all files designated as documentation
for the 'rpm' rpm package, including the manual
pages.

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