[installation +updates of packages]pb with YUM

[Paul Howarth]

On Sat, 2005-01-29 at 15:24 +0100, Daniel Moyne wrote:
> Le samedi 29 Janvier 2005 13:12, Bernd Radinger a écrit :
> > you want ``synaptic'' not ``synaptics''.
> >
> > two different names, two different packages.
> >
> > look at:  rpm --query --info synaptics synaptic
> >
> > Synaptic in package ``synaptic'' from
> > http://fedoraproject.org/pre-extras/ is the package utility.
> Tnaks Bernd,
> I found it ; I dowloaded it and I have to install it with an rmp command : 
> which one ?

# rpm -Uvh synaptic-0.55.3-2.i386.rpm

> I take the opportunity to ask you about another package : somebody asked me to 
> try the command :
> grub-install /dev/hdb1
> but I got an error message indicating "command not found" ! ; which package 
> does it belong to ? ; and more generally what is the equivalent of :
> urpmf file_name
> 
> with Mandrake that provides all the packages where this file is included (it 
> may be a partial name which brings more power to the command !).

Try:

# yum provides grub-install

> with Mandrake that provides all the packages where this file is included (it 
> may be a partial name which brings more power to the command !).

Paul.
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Paul Howarth <paul at city-fan.org>