Package List and Description

[Aaron Gaudio]

On Wed, 2004-08-18 at 12:25 -0400, Robert Locke wrote:
> On Wed, 2004-08-18 at 11:27, Thom Paine wrote:
> <snip>
> > Does that still work if the package isn't installed?
> > 
> > I was thinking of the summary that flashes by when you are installing
> > Fedora. Is that the same one?
> > 
> > Thanks.
> > 
> > 
> Actually,
> 
> For installed packages:
> 
> rpm -qi packagename
> 
> For packages not yet installed:
> 
> rpm -qip packagefilename.rpm

Yes, but this will only work if you have access to the rpm file.