yum [options] [command] [package ...] ?

[Lai Zit Seng]

Jack Gates wrote:
> yum provides, is this when you want to find out what packages the 
> requested package depends on to operate properly?

Finds out what package provides the specified feature or file.

What you describe above is deplist.

> yum deplist, is this when you want to find out what packages need the 
> requested package to operate properly?

Dun think yum provides the described feature. In rpm, this is 
--whatrequires.

Regards,

.lzs
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