beartooth wrote:
On Mon, 28 Feb 2005 15:16:24 +0530, Rahul Sundaram wrote:
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>>1. Run the 'man' command. Get a terminal window by right clicking on
>>the desktop. In the window type (without the '$')
>>$ man <application-name>
>>Substitute <application-name> with the name of the application you are
>>having trouble with.
>>
>>
>info command name
>locate <stuff you want to know about>
>rpm -qd <packagename>
>
>
I'm in the habit of using rpm -q, and also man; so I tried man rpm (wow!),
and dug for -d. It told me a little in two places about doc[ument(s)] --
but that tells me nothing, alas! What does rpm -qd do for you in practice
that rpm -q does not??
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