If you're using a version of RH that has the rpmdb-redhat package,
you can easily find which package among all the packages on the RH
CDs contains a file:
rpm --dbpath /usr/lib/rpmdb/i386-redhat-linux/redhat -qf FILENAME
If it's for a package not included with the RH CDs, I've found that
a convenient way to find the package is to use rpmfind. I've had
problems with the command line client, but the web client (www.rpmfind.net)
often can locate packages that provide the file. Simply enter in
the full path for the file in the search field.
And lo, upon Thu, Jul 11, 2002 at 11:48:51AM +0100, J. A. Landamore spaketh thusly:
> I am a SPARC Solaris admin who has had the management of a few RH PCs dropped on
> him after a security scare, hence the naivity of this question. How do I find
> out which package provides a file? I've looked quickly at the documentation but
> all I can find is rpm -q --whatprovides <x> This doesn't work if the source
> package isn't on the system. We did a minimal install and the user now wants
> another couple of packages added. Getting those packages is no problem, but
> they won't install because of dependancy problems. It appears that I need to
> interrogate the main RH site that contains all the packages, how do I do that?
>
> Thanks for any help provided
>
> John Landamore
>
>
>
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