Thus spake Globe Trotter: > I have a bunch of uninstalled RPMS and I am trying to figure out what > capabilities they provide. Can someone please tell me how to do that. > > Note that the packages are uninstalled so > > rpm -q --provides whatever.rpm does not work. > > Is there any other option. > > Thanks and best wishes! rpm -qp --provides whatever.rpm The 'p' tells rpm to look at a package file, rather than in the database of installed rpms.
