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From: Peter <pfheiss@philonline.com>
Subject: Re: rpm description
Date: Fri, 03 Jan 2003 11:23:06 +0800
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whitnl73@juno.com said:
> for a package already installed: rpm -qi <package name>
> for a package not yet installed: rpm -qip <filename> 

Using mc has the advantage of not making typing errors on those long names.


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Peter

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