Re: [cobalt-users] help using RPM

[Mat Kovach <mkovach@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, Feb 24, 2000 at 09:01:27PM -0500, James Triplett wrote:
: [root@blumeanie Sw]#rpm -i php-mysql-3.0.14-2.i386.rpm
: [root@blumeanie Sw]#rpm -qip php-mysql-3.0.14-2.i386.rpm 
: Name        : php-mysql                    Relocations: (not relocateable)
: Version     : 3.0.14                            Vendor: (none)
: Release     : 2                             Build Date: Fri Jan 21 09:21:54 2000
: Install date: (not installed)               Build Host: ames.iowalab.com
: Group       : System Environment/Daemons    Source RPM: php-3.0.14-2.src.rpm
: Size        : 81036                            License: GPL
: Summary     : MySQL database module for PHP3.
: Description :
: This is a dynamic shared object (DSO) for Apache that will add MySQL
: database support to PHP3.  If you need back-end support for MySQL,
: you should install this package in addition to the main php package.
: [root@blumeanie Sw]# w

What does the output of rpm -qi php-mysql tell you?

The p spcefically tell you to get information from the package files and 
NOT the rpm database.

Here is a example:

[root@intranet /root]# rpm -qi printtool
Name        : printtool                    Relocations: (not relocateable)
Version     : 3.41                              Vendor: Red Hat Software
Release     : 2                             Build Date: Tue Aug 24 12:32:14 1999
Install date: Tue Nov  2 00:51:15 1999      Build Host: porky.devel.redhat.com
Group       : Applications/Publishing       Source RPM: printtool-3.41-2.src.rpm
Size        : 117253                           License: GPL
Packager    : Red Hat Software <http://developer.redhat.com/bugzilla>
Summary     : A printer configuration tool with a graphical user interface.
Description :
The printtool is a printer configuration tool with a graphical user
interface.  Printtool can manage both local and remote printers,
including Windows (SMB) and NetWare (NCP) printers.

Printtool should be installed so that you can manage local and remote          

Note:  It is installed.

[root@intranet /root]# rpm -qip printtool-3.41-2.noarch.rpm
Name        : printtool                    Relocations: (not relocateable)
Version     : 3.41                              Vendor: Red Hat Software
Release     : 2                             Build Date: Tue Aug 24 12:32:14 1999
Install date: (not installed)               Build Host: porky.devel.redhat.com
Group       : Applications/Publishing       Source RPM: printtool-3.41-2.src.rpm
Size        : 117253                           License: GPL
Packager    : Red Hat Software <http://developer.redhat.com/bugzilla>
Summary     : A printer configuration tool with a graphical user interface.
Description :
The printtool is a printer configuration tool with a graphical user
interface.  Printtool can manage both local and remote printers,
including Windows (SMB) and NetWare (NCP) printers.

Printtool should be installed so that you can manage local and remote
printers.                                                                      

Note: in this case, I check the package file, not the database.

As always man is your friend (man rpm)

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Mat Kovach                                      mkovach@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cleveland Linux User Group                       http://cleveland.lug.net