How do I list information about a software component using rpm?



  • To list information on a software component using rpm, run rpm in the following way; change gpart for the software component you want information on.

    # rpm -qi gpart-0.1h-475.1
    Name        : gpart                        Relocations: (not relocatable)
    Version     : 0.1h                              Vendor: SuSE Linux AG, Nuernberg, Germany
    Release     : 475.1                         Build Date: Wed Jun 30 20:32:25 2004
    Install date: Fri Feb 23 14:52:16 2007      Build Host: g185.suse.de
    Group       : System/Filesystems            Source RPM: gpart-0.1h-475.1.src.rpm
    Size        : 76701                            License: GPL
    Signature   : DSA/SHA1, Wed Jun 30 20:39:21 2004, Key ID a84edae89c800aca
    Packager    : http://www.suse.de/feedback
    URL         : http://www.stud.uni-hannover.de/user/76201/gpart/
    Summary     : Tool that can Guess a Lost Partition Table
    Description :
    Gpart is a small tool which tries to guess what partitions are on a PC
    type hard disk in case the primary partition table was damaged. Gpart
    supports, among others, partitions formatted as ext2, FAT 12/16/32,
    ReiserFS, NTFS, HPFS, and many others. Please read the file
    /usr/share/doc/packages/gpart/README and the gpart manpage before using
    gpart.
    

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