On Mon, 31 Jan 2005 10:34:16 -0700 (GMT-07:00), James Mckenzie
<jjmckenzie51(a)earthlink.net> wrote:
David:
Try this and see if it works:
rpm -q --redhatprovides <file name>
I think this requires downloading and installing the redhatdb.rpm (cannot remember
exactly what the file name is). This populates a flat database with file names and their
associated Red Hat package name that provides the file. I had to
James,
See the note earlier from Paul Howarth regarding this. There is a
difference between redhatprovides and whatprovides. With whatprovides,
it gets the information from the known packages that have been
installed on the system, and does not require the database file.
David