Re: [TCLUG:19905] show all installed rpms

["Kevin R. Bullock" <kbullock@ringworld.org>]

On Sat, 29 Jul 2000, Callum Lerwick wrote:

Neat dpkg tricks to know:

dpkg -l                     # What you're asking for
dpkg -L packagename         # List files owned by an installed package
dpkg --contents package.deb # List files in a given deb
dpkg -S file/dir            # Find out what that mysterious file belongs to...
dpkg -C                     # Verify all packages. Good for discovering
                              what to fix if you have packages with
                              inst/rm scripts that misbehave, or if dpkg
                              gets interrupted

And those are just the ones that directly correspond to the rpm options
that Callum wrote :)

Here's some more:

dpkg --configure --pending  # Configure all unconfigured packages (to fix
                              if dpkg gets interrupted)
dpkg -p packagename         # Show the description of a package
dpkg -s packagename         # Show the install status of a package
dpkg --info package.deb     # Show the description of a package file

And I won't even start on APT. :)

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Kevin R. Bullock