rpm - how to search for packages?
 

Hi,,

(My distro is OpenSuse 11.x)

I'd like to use the rpm on the command line to install a package.

I know how to check for installed RPMs:

rpm -a | grep <pacakge>

and I know how to install an RPM:

rpm -ivh <package>

But I don't know the full package name (e.g. Apache, PHP, MySQL) from the default OpenSuse repository.

How could I search the available packages that came with my OpenSuse distro?

Many Thanks

I don't use .rpm but I think you want to use the -qa option for query all. Just do a man search man rpm in a terminal.

Edit: Just use -q

thanks, although rpm -qa only queries installed packages

I have checked the manual for rpm (man rpm), but there doesn't seem to be anything to search or view available packages for install.

Perhaps i'm missing something - or I need to check somewhere else to see what available packages there are in my distro

Cheers

The command line tool for dealing with the
Suse repo's is 'zypper'

Search : # zypper se <name> ( or part of name ).
Install : # zypper in <package>
which will download and install the package +
all dependencies.

Please run 'man zypper' for more options.
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perfect, thanks :)