Re: [PLUG] What Does "Install" Really Mean

[John McElroy <jmcelroy@macelroy.net>]

Jeb,
run 'man rpm' to display a man (or manual) page for rpm that will give
you a full listing of all commandline options for rpm.  Here are the
basics of the few examples you asked about:

rpm -ql <pkgname>   add the 'l' after 'q' to list all the files
provided/installed by the package and their locations.

rpm -qs <pkgname>   add the 's' after the 'q' to provide the state of
the package and the files it provides

rpm -i <filename> installs the specified package - add 'v' to
verify and 'h' to display hash marks indicating installation progress
(you'll see a second row of hashmarks under the preparing row during
installation). Use the full filename here (e.g. gaim-0.74-1rh9.i386.rpm)
vs. the package name (gaim).

rpm -e <pkgname> erases or "uninstalls" the package specified

as so on...see the man page for a very detailed description of all
parameters.

I hope this helps.


On Sat, 29 Nov 2003 12:13:55 -0800 (PST)
Jeb Bushell <jebbushell@yahoo.com> wrote:

> I am trying to use RPM to "install" the contents of a .rpm file on
> Redhat 9.  I understand the ins and outs of Windows installation
> fairly well but I have no idea how it works on Linux and I have been
> unable to Google up a satisfactory explanation. 
> 
> If anyone could direct me to a high-level overview of software
> installation on Linux I'd be most grateful. I need to know, for
> example, where dlls are kept and how the OS references them.
> 
> Also, having installed a package somewhere (I think I know where) I
> get the following from RPM:  
> 
> rpm -e <pkg>
> error: package <pkg> is not installed
> 
> rpm -ivh <pkg>
> Preparing ############################# [100%]
> Package <pkg> is already installed
> 
> rpm -q <pkg>
> package is not installed
> 
> Can anyone shed some light, please?
> 
> TIA
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