-----Original Message----- From: David Hoffman <dhoffman2004@xxxxxxxxx> Sent: Jan 31, 2005 8:58 AM To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: How can i find out, what files a RPM is provding? On Mon, 31 Jan 2005 12:33:45 +0000, Paul Howarth <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Roger Grosswiler wrote: > > i want to check, whether i have Tar.pm installed on my system. This must > > have been happened via yum - so rpm. > > > > yum provides is extremly slow on this machine, so i would like to check > > this with rpm. So how can i find out, whick rpm-package is providing Tar > > .pm? > > Assuming Tar.pm is properly installed in your perl module tree: > > $ rpm -qf `find /usr/lib/perl5 -name Tar.pm -print` > What about: rpm -q --whatprovides Tar.pm -----James' Reply----- Don't you have to install an additional .rpm to get this functionality? I had to, just in case the .rpm was not installed on my system. Details are in the archive on installation of the appropriate files. -- James McKenzie A Proud User of Linux!
