rpm rebuild and locate command

Xris718 · 05-05-2005, 09:35 AM

Hi guys

Got two quick questions.

1. When I do rpm -aq|grep php the query doesnt come up. But i know the rpm file does reside on my system. When I do locate php* I get the location of the file residing in this directory "/var/cache/yum/updates-released/packages/" so what gives?

2. Similarly when i do locate php*.rpm nothing comes up yet as i mentioned before the file does exist actually multiple files but with 'php' beginning as file name. So what gives?

Using Fedora Core 2.

Xris718 · 05-05-2005, 09:39 AM

Also Forgot to ask how long should the "rpm - -rebuilddb" command run because i thought i have to rebuild the rpm database because of that insident and so its still running for more than an hour now. How long should i wait for till it will finish or i need to kill it?
pid user PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %cpu %mem TIME+ Command
23898 root 25 0 7524 768 5520 R 99.9 0.3 81:32.41 rpm

reddazz · 05-05-2005, 10:25 AM

The correct syntax is

Code:

$rpm -qa | grep -i php

. I don't think there was any need for you to rebuild your database.