You *do* know about rpm --aid -ivh ...., right? On Wed, Jan 07, 2004 at 08:40:29PM -0000, Ben Davis wrote: > In pre RH6.2 days there was (AFAIR) a short html doc on the RH docs CD > containing a list of all packages installed for a particular 'module' of > the install (ie 'X Window System', 'Gnome Desktop' 'Sound & Video') etc. > Since I had trouble doing a full install of FC1 (way back in 2003 ;-0 ) I > elected to do a rather barebones install, and simply add the bits I needed > as and when; I already have a couple of RH7.2 boxen running nicely, and > have done this in the past -- the beauty of RPM based distros. > > Since I'm no fan of redhat-config-packages, and I prefer to do stuff with > rpm from the commandline anyways, I've found a roundabout way of using > config-packages to give me a list of 'to-install' packages, and then > cut-n-paste into a script... rh-config-packages sorts out the > dependencies, but I have other scripts that will do this... all I really > want to have is the packages list of old. I installed the KDE 'bits' my > way, now I need development packages on the system, and this will require > a lot of time, just to get the list of pkgs installed under 'Development > Tools' 'X Software Devel' etc. > > Before anyone says, why don'tcha simply use rh-config-packages, I would, > but it has a nasty habit of crashing, and I never trusted GUI installers > since Windoze daze. > > If these lists of pkgs are no longer up2date I would be happy to compile > them; quite useful for upgrading a system. > > -- > Jamin - @Manchester UK | @Maastricht NL | @Tallinn EE > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list -- Joshua Jensen joshua@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fax: 503 213 7257
