[ale] Need redhat help
Fulton Green
ale at FultonGreen.com
Tue Apr 22 12:09:13 EDT 2003
On Tue, Apr 22, 2003 at 11:57:32AM -0400, Geoffrey wrote:
> Jim Lynch wrote:
> > 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.
Unless, of course, RH >= 8.0, in which case the package is no longer
called apache. That's when you have to search all files RPM is aware of
for httpd.conf (reference my earlier email in this thread).
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