-----Original Message----- From: fedora-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:fedora-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Bevan C. Bennett Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2004 2:32 PM To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Rpm Querying Phil Schaffner wrote: > On Wed, 2004-02-18 at 12:47, Satan wrote: > >>Ok ill be a bit more clearer. Im not getting an error message if i did i >>would have said. When i use rpm -qpi package i get all the information. >>Grand, but it says on every package i tryed that its not installed even >>when it is. Whats causing this? > > > The -p flag is used to query the PACKAGE_FILE > [PACKAGE_NAME.version.arch.rpm] file rather than the database of > installed RPMs. Use "rpm -qi PACKAGE_NAME" (just the base name - no > version required) to query the RPM database. Do "man rpm" and notice > the distinction between "PACKAGE_NAME" and "PACKAGE_FILE" usage for > various options. As a specific example: [bevan@saladin fedora-1-updates]> ls strace-4.5.1-1.i386.rpm strace-4.5.1-1.i386.rpm [bevan@saladin fedora-1-updates]> rpm -qpi strace-4.5.1-1.i386.rpm Name : strace Relocations: (not relocateable) Version : 4.5.1 Vendor: Red Hat, Inc. Release : 1 Build Date: Thu 13 Nov 2003 07:37:23 PM PST Install Date: (not installed) Build Host: porky.devel.redhat.com [...] [bevan@saladin fedora-1-updates]> rpm -qi strace-4.5.1-1.i386.rpm package strace-4.5.1-1.i386.rpm is not installed [bevan@saladin fedora-1-updates]> rpm -qi strace Name : strace Relocations: (not relocateable) Version : 4.5.1 Vendor: Red Hat, Inc. Release : 1 Build Date: Thu 13 Nov 2003 07:37:23 PM PST Install Date: Tue 13 Jan 2004 07:45:23 PM PST Build Host: porky.devel.redha Try this rpm -qi strace note that for installed rpms you do not need to specify version numbers. The "error" you are seeing is that RPM is looking at the .rpm file in your current directory. Scott
