rpm -q "pkg-name" Help please
 

Hi people,
I'm just starting to play about with the Command Line. I read in one of the small tutorials that to check if a package is installed or not , one can use the CL by typing:
"rpm -q <pkg-name>".
It happens that I did that to try it with KMail, which I do have installed, and the answer I get in my CL is:
Package not installed.
What's happening?
Can anyone help?:confused:

try it like this :
rpm -qa | grep -i kmail

(try it like this :
rpm -qa | grep -i kmail)

Like this I don't get any answer.

well i was just snooping around, and kmail is within a package
as you see here
so you'll probably get results by typing
rpm -qa | grep -i kdenetwork

(so you'll probably get results by typing
rpm -qa | grep -i kdenetwork)

This way I get the following:
kdenetwork-3.0.3-15mdk.
But now I dont know what that means?
Any help please...
Thank you.

that means the kdenetwork version 3.0.3-15 package is installed on your system

Thanks a lot DrOzz. Don't pay any att. Just a frustrated newbie trying to learn.
Thanks again.

not a problem man, everyone has been there at one point or another ...

Appreciated, Thanks.