How to find corresponding rpm package

stewchcken · 07-13-2005, 09:23 PM

If I know service or software already, How I know which rpm package contains it?
For example inetd belongs to the netkit-base***rpm
xinetd belongs to xinetd***rp

randyding · 07-13-2005, 09:40 PM

Code:

$ rpm -qf /usr/sbin/xinetd
xinetd-2.3.13-4

stewchcken · 07-13-2005, 10:41 PM

Thanks alot for your hints
but if my /etc/init.d/xinetd file even doesnot exist.
How do I find corrpesonding rpm package?

randyding · 07-14-2005, 12:50 AM

Here's a few more commands.

Code:

# find the exact name of the xinetd package
$ rpm -qa | grep xinetd
xinetd-2.3.13-4

# note the following is verify, if it returns nothing then
# it verifyied ok, if it prints an error then a file may have been deleted
$ rpm -V xinetd-2.3.13-4

# list the contents of the package
$ rpm -ql xinetd-2.3.13-4
/etc/rc.d/init.d/xinetd
... rest of the listing not shown ...

So the file /etc/rc.d/init.d/xinetd is the file from the package that somehow was deleted on your system?