list of rpms in iso file

Kevin J. Cummings cummings at kjchome.homeip.net
Sat Sep 10 06:58:25 UTC 2011


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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