Yum plugins -

[Nifty Fedora Mitch]

On Thu, Sep 04, 2008 at 04:01:42PM +0100, Chris G wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 04, 2008 at 07:55:37AM -0700, Dennis Kaptain wrote:
> > ----- Mensaje original ----
> > 
> > > De: Bob Goodwin <bobgoodwin at wildblue.net>
> > > Para: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list at redhat.com>
> > > Enviado: jueves, 4 de septiembre, 2008 7:39:51
> > > Asunto: Yum plugins -
> > > 
> > > 
> > > I've installed F-9 and in the process lost the yum plugins such as 
> > > "fastest mirror" and I can't find where they came from?
> > > 
> > > Can someone point me in the right direction?
> > > 
> > > Bob
> > > 
> > 
> > 
> > Bob 
> > 
> > Very often when I need a package but don't remember the name I try
> > yum list available | grep -i what_I_am_looking_for
> > 
> You can do much the same by doing:-
> 
>     yum list '*what_I_am_looking_for*'
> 
> except that I think it's case sensitive.
> 

Also:

	yum info all > AllPackageInfo

then look at it:

	less AllPackageInfo
	vim AllPackageInfo
	emacs AllPackageInfo
	grep -i something  AllPackageInfo

The "info" paragraph for most packages is very informative.


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