11:02 p.m.
Hi,
I have been trying to determine what are the packages in a live iso
file? How do i do this? i could find instructions on how to use
rpm2cpio to extract a rpm file that i know is in the iso, but i am
looking here to obtain a list of the rpms.
many thanks in advance, and best wishes,
ranjan
3:12 a.m.
On Sat, Sep 10, 2011 at 8:58 AM, Kevin J. Cummings
<cummings(a)kjchome.homeip.net> wrote:
Which happens to include an RPM database that lists all of the installed
RPMs....
While the Live iso is booted:
rpm -qa
should list the installed RPMs
... or look at the kickstart files:
<https://fedorahosted.org/spin-kickstarts/browser>
The lines with @<whatever> are package groups.
> Craig
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1:58 a.m.
On 09/10/2011 12:12 AM, Craig White wrote:
On Fri, 2011-09-09 at 22:15 -0600, Frank Cox wrote:
> On Fri, 9 Sep 2011 23:02:27 -0500
> Ranjan Maitra wrote:
>
>> I have been trying to determine what are the packages in a live iso
>> file?
>
> If it's an iso file, then just mount the iso and see what's listed in the
> directory.
----
makes sense - my understanding of 'live' is that there aren't any rpm
files at all - just a installed copy and if you choose to install it
onto a hard disk, there's no anaconda or rpm installation but rather a
copy of the live image to the hard drive.
Which happens to include an RPM database that lists all of the installed
RPMs....
While the Live iso is booted:
rpm -qa
should list the installed RPMs
Craig
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12:01 p.m.
On Sat, 10 Sep 2011 08:35:33 -0700, CW (Craig) wrote:
> While the Live iso is booted:
>
> rpm -qa
>
> should list the installed RPMs
----
OK but I can't figure out how that is going to be helpful to someone who
wants to use rpm2cpio in order to extract files from rpm files that
don't actually exist on the live cd. That was the OP's intent/question.
Really? Then the post is phrased poorly:
| I have been trying to determine what are the packages in a live iso file?
| How do i do this?
This has been answered.
| i could find instructions on how to use rpm2cpio to extract a rpm file
| that i know is in the iso, [...]
This is not a question.
| [...] but i am looking here to obtain a list of the rpms.
This has been answered. With the list of packages and a package's
name, one can query the RPM database also to retrieve the package's
list of files in case that is needed as well.
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10:35 a.m.
On Sat, 2011-09-10 at 02:58 -0400, Kevin J. Cummings wrote:
On 09/10/2011 12:12 AM, Craig White wrote:
> On Fri, 2011-09-09 at 22:15 -0600, Frank Cox wrote:
>> On Fri, 9 Sep 2011 23:02:27 -0500
>> Ranjan Maitra wrote:
>>
>>> I have been trying to determine what are the packages in a live iso
>>> file?
>>
>> If it's an iso file, then just mount the iso and see what's listed in
the
>> directory.
> ----
> makes sense - my understanding of 'live' is that there aren't any rpm
> files at all - just a installed copy and if you choose to install it
> onto a hard disk, there's no anaconda or rpm installation but rather a
> copy of the live image to the hard drive.
Which happens to include an RPM database that lists all of the installed
RPMs....
While the Live iso is booted:
rpm -qa
should list the installed RPMs
----
OK but I can't figure out how that is going to be helpful to someone who
wants to use rpm2cpio in order to extract files from rpm files that
don't actually exist on the live cd. That was the OP's intent/question.
Craig
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4:37 p.m.
I apologize for poorly wording the question. I was just looking for a
way to list the rpm files in a Fedora ISO.
The rpm2cpio command was something I had found could be used to extract
particular files, not to get a list of all the rpms that would be
installed if I installed a Live CD.
Thanks for all the help!
Best wishes,
Ranjan
On Sat, 10 Sep 2011 12:01:20 -0500 Michael Schwendt
<mschwendt(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On Sat, 10 Sep 2011 08:35:33 -0700, CW (Craig) wrote:
> > While the Live iso is booted:
> >
> > rpm -qa
> >
> > should list the installed RPMs
>
> ----
> OK but I can't figure out how that is going to be helpful to someone who
> wants to use rpm2cpio in order to extract files from rpm files that
> don't actually exist on the live cd. That was the OP's intent/question.
Really? Then the post is phrased poorly:
| I have been trying to determine what are the packages in a live iso file?
| How do i do this?
This has been answered.
| i could find instructions on how to use rpm2cpio to extract a rpm file
| that i know is in the iso, [...]
This is not a question.
| [...] but i am looking here to obtain a list of the rpms.
This has been answered. With the list of packages and a package's
name, one can query the RPM database also to retrieve the package's
list of files in case that is needed as well.
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11:13 a.m.
On Sat, 2011-09-10 at 11:50 -0400, Kevin J. Cummings wrote:
On 09/10/2011 11:35 AM, Craig White wrote:
> OK but I can't figure out how that is going to be helpful to someone who
> wants to use rpm2cpio in order to extract files from rpm files that
> don't actually exist on the live cd. That was the OP's intent/question.
He can't. The RPMs on the live CD have already been extracted, and
don't exist as an RPM on the liveCD. If you do an "install" from the
live CD, all it does is copy of the disk image to your hard drive. The
best he can do is get a list of the RPMs which *were installed* on the
live CD and extract them from another source (like the install DVD or
possibly from a downloaded RPM (see yumdownloader)).
----
I think I covered that in my original answer which many people have now
interjected with irrelevant 'helpful' replies.
Craig
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10:50 a.m.
On 09/10/2011 11:35 AM, Craig White wrote:
OK but I can't figure out how that is going to be helpful to
someone who
wants to use rpm2cpio in order to extract files from rpm files that
don't actually exist on the live cd. That was the OP's intent/question.
He can't. The RPMs on the live CD have already been extracted, and
don't exist as an RPM on the liveCD. If you do an "install" from the
live CD, all it does is copy of the disk image to your hard drive. The
best he can do is get a list of the RPMs which *were installed* on the
live CD and extract them from another source (like the install DVD or
possibly from a downloaded RPM (see yumdownloader)).
Craig
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5:48 a.m.
On Sat, 10 Sep 2011 02:58:25 -0400, KJC (Kevin) wrote:
On 09/10/2011 12:12 AM, Craig White wrote:
> On Fri, 2011-09-09 at 22:15 -0600, Frank Cox wrote:
>> On Fri, 9 Sep 2011 23:02:27 -0500
>> Ranjan Maitra wrote:
>>
>>> I have been trying to determine what are the packages in a live iso
>>> file?
>>
>> If it's an iso file, then just mount the iso and see what's listed in
the
>> directory.
> ----
> makes sense - my understanding of 'live' is that there aren't any rpm
> files at all - just a installed copy and if you choose to install it
> onto a hard disk, there's no anaconda or rpm installation but rather a
> copy of the live image to the hard drive.
Which happens to include an RPM database that lists all of the installed
RPMs....
While the Live iso is booted:
rpm -qa
should list the installed RPMs
Even with just the ISO mounted somewhere, you could try querying the
RPM database with a compatible version of RPM:
rpm -qa --dbpath DIRECTORY
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11:15 p.m.
On Fri, 9 Sep 2011 23:02:27 -0500
Ranjan Maitra wrote:
I have been trying to determine what are the packages in a live iso
file?
If it's an iso file, then just mount the iso and see what's listed in the
directory.
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11:12 p.m.
On Fri, 2011-09-09 at 22:15 -0600, Frank Cox wrote:
On Fri, 9 Sep 2011 23:02:27 -0500
Ranjan Maitra wrote:
> I have been trying to determine what are the packages in a live iso
> file?
If it's an iso file, then just mount the iso and see what's listed in the
directory.
----
makes sense - my understanding of 'live' is that there aren't any rpm
files at all - just a installed copy and if you choose to install it
onto a hard disk, there's no anaconda or rpm installation but rather a
copy of the live image to the hard drive.
Craig
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