[ale] SUSE package manager and install empathy

Geoffrey Myers lists at serioustechnology.com
Tue Feb 15 10:18:04 EST 2011


James Sumners wrote:
> `man rpm`:
> "SYNOPSIS
>    QUERYING AND VERIFYING PACKAGES:
>        rpm {-q|--query} [select-options] [query-options]
> 
>        rpm {-V|--verify} [select-options] [verify-options]
> 
>        rpm --import PUBKEY ...
> 
>        rpm {-K|--checksig} [--nosignature] [--nodigest]
>            PACKAGE_FILE ..."
> 
> That leads me to believe that `rpm -q <package>` will tell me about
> the package. Also, `rpm --help` _doesn't even mention_ the '-i'
> option:

I would expect that [query-options] should be investigated further, but 
that's just me.

-- 
Until later, Geoffrey

"I predict future happiness for America if they can prevent
the government from wasting the labors of the people under
the pretense of taking care of them."
- Thomas Jefferson


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