yum question

[Robert Moskowitz]

On 01/02/2014 12:41 PM, bruce wrote:
> hey guys.
>
>
> i can do a yum list installed
>
> and i get a list of the installed packages for the local system.

I would like to get packages installed after system build.  That is 
packages I choose to add.

> However, I have no idea where this data is coming from!!!
>
> is it coming from the
>   /var/lib/rpm ,
> /var//lib/yum/yumdb
>
> or perhaps somewhere else??
>
> is there a switch I could use to change the db, or to point to a
> different yumdb/dir?
>
> IE, I've got a drive from a separate/older system that I'd like to
> mount/examine to see what packages where installed with yum on that
> drive...

Same here.

>
> the "installroot" switch appears to be used to chroot into a separate
> location for the yum.repos.d" - but I could be wrong..
>
> thanks