Re: Fedora Core Support List Unofficial User's Guide (draft 2 - Duncan Lithgow))

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beartooth wrote:

On Mon, 28 Feb 2005 15:16:24 +0530, Rahul Sundaram wrote:



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1. Run the 'man' command. Get a terminal window by right clicking on
the desktop. In the window type (without the '$')
$ man <application-name>
Substitute <application-name> with the name of the application you are
having trouble with.


info command name
locate <stuff you want to know about>
rpm -qd <packagename>



I'm in the habit of using rpm -q, and also man; so I tried man rpm (wow!), and dug for -d. It told me a little in two places about doc[ument(s)] -- but that tells me nothing, alas! What does rpm -qd do for you in practice that rpm -q does not??



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