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Old 07-18-2005, 02:17 PM   #1
Nickj
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Checking installed packages?

Hi all,

Whats the easiest way to check the current installed packages?

The reason I ask is that I'm trying to install some software from source, and whenever i issue the 'make' command, Linux doesn't recognise it. I presume this is because i don't have the Make package?

Could any of you lovely people out there shed any light on the matter :-)

Cheers,

Nick
 
Old 07-18-2005, 02:31 PM   #2
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plz install gcc
then try it
 
Old 07-18-2005, 02:47 PM   #3
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Yeah, install gcc and you should be able to make. As for checking rpm packages, rpm -qa should do it.
 
Old 07-19-2005, 04:28 AM   #4
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Wink Checking Installed RPM Software

You may want to check this Thread it
has a way to check for all the installed RPM software.
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...67#post1750067
Hope this helps for you problem
Last edited by Martin Rasch; 07-19-2005 at 04:37 AM.
 
Old 07-19-2005, 05:58 AM   #5
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OK.... cheers for the reply guys.

Am I right in thinking these above methods will only query packages installed via the RPM methods?

How about checking for which have been compiled and installed from source, i.e. tar.gz's?
 
  


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