rpm says package isn't installed but it is, and related question
[chris@f27h ~]$ rpm -q kernel-core
kernel-core-4.16.0-0.rc6.git2.1.fc29.x86_64
kernel-core-4.15.12-300.fc27.x86_64
kernel-core-4.16.0-0.rc7.git1.1.fc29.x86_64
kernel-core-4.15.14-300.fc27.x86_64
[chris@f27h ~]$ sudo rpm -q -i kernel-core-4.15.14-300.fc27.x86_64.rpm
Name : kernel-core
Version : 4.15.14
Release : 300.fc27
Architecture: x86_64
Install Date: (not installed)
Group : System Environment/Kernel
Size : 60650235
License : GPLv2 and Redistributable, no modification permitted
Signature : (none)
Source RPM : kernel-4.15.14-300.fc27.src.rpm
Build Date : Thu 29 Mar 2018 11:02:25 AM MDT
Build Host : bkernel02.phx2.fedoraproject.org
Relocations : (not relocatable)
Packager : Fedora Project
Vendor : Fedora Project
URL : http://www.kernel.org/
Bug URL : https://bugz.fedoraproject.org/kernel
Summary : The Linux kernel
Description :
The kernel package contains the Linux kernel (vmlinuz), the core of any
Linux operating system. The kernel handles the basic functions
of the operating system: memory allocation, process allocation, device
input and output, etc.
[chris@f27h Downloads]$
This specific rpm file I'm getting info on, was installed yesterday.
But this query says it's not installed. In fact all RPMs I've
downloaded and installed, when -qi is run on them, say they're not
installed. Wha wha waht?
Also, is there any way to know whether and what kind of compression is
used in an RPM? I'm guessing the Size value of 60M above is installed
size. The package size is 24M so there must be some kind of
compression being used. But 'man rpm | grep -i compress' yields no
results.
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Chris Murphy