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[Rahul Sundaram]

Timothy Murphy wrote:

>Paul Howarth wrote:
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>>$ ls -l /usr/lib/libodbcinst.so
>>lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root 20 Jun 15 15:05 /usr/lib/libodbcinst.so ->
>>libodbcinst.so.1.0.0
>>$ rpm -qf /usr/lib/libodbcinst.so
>>unixODBC-devel-2.2.11-1
>>    
>>
>
>As a matter of interest, suppose you didn't have this package installed.
>Is there any way of asking which rpm in the world 
>contains a given library file (or "object")?
>I know google often gives a hint,
>but is there any better way?
>
>  
>
yum provides <library>

regards
Rahul