[ale] Need redhat help

[Geoffrey]

Jim Lynch wrote:
> I'm primary a debian guy, but I'm forced to work on a redhat system so I
> need to know a few things.
> 
> First where might I find hints on how to use the tools surrounding the
> rpm distribution?  
> 
> For instance, how do I find out where a file or distribution was
> installed? e. g. I'd like to edit httpd.conf, where did they put it. 

'rpm -qa' will list all the packages.

'rpm -ql package_name' will list the files that are provided by the 
package 'package_name' (full path).

So,

rpm -ql $(rpm -qa|grep apache)

Should yield the info you're looking for.

> 
> how do I find out what distribution might contain a specific file? e. g.
> I want to install rsync.
> 
> How can I find out what packages have been installed? 
> 
> Is there a tool like apt-get that will install a package and all of the
> packages it depends on?
> 
> Thanks for any guidance.  I'm sure there is a faq but I haven't been
> able to find it.
> 
> Jim.
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