Re: [SLUG] RPMs and queries

From: Ed Centanni (ecentan1@tampabay.rr.com)
Date: Mon May 14 2001 - 07:37:16 EDT


Norbert Cartagena wrote:
>
> I just downloaded some of the video drivers for my Inspiron from Dell.
> The drivers are in RPM format. They are built for Red Hat 7.0 but I'm
> wanting to use them for my SuSE system. Is there any way that I can test
> of it would, say kill X, or if I could use it safely (it would give
> 1024x768 instead of just 1400x1050). Is there any way I could tear down
> the RPM and look at the config files or scripts myself?
>
> Norb
>
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rpm -qlpv <target.rpm> to look at (list) the files
rpm -qp --scripts <target.rpm> to look at the scripts

you can combine the above to look a both
rpm -qlpv --scripts <target.rpm>



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