Skippyboy wrote:

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> On Mar 27, 5:23 pm, Michael Soibelman <in-...@ether.net> wrote:
> <snip>
>>
>> P.S. If you want to 'see' where all your installed rpm's files are I
>> recommend installing 'xrpm-2.2-3', which you can get here: (shift + left
>> click to download !!)
>>
>> ftp://ftp.kddlabs.co.jp/pub/Linux/pa.../redhat-5.2/RP...
>>
> <snip>
>
> Don't mean to hijack this thread - but you can also user KPackage. It
> works quite well with the RPM database. You run it as normal user, and
> only have to enter root password when installing/deleting rpm's.

Ahhh..I've been hijacked ! LOL

Yes kpackage does list packages. However, xrpm is a much quicker way to get
a straight alphabetical listing without a lot of clutter. Within 2 seconds
you can view all installed applications without the icons, groups, etc.
getting in the way. Just more succinct and to the point if you are looking
for something in a hurry. If I'm doing an install of a package from source
and there are unmet requirements I can search through my installed packages
quite quickly with xrpm. This saves much time. Sort of like the reason
many people use (x)emacs or vi(m) to do things efficiently. But both will
do and each has their own strengths/weaknesses. Kpackage does not have the
database irregularities that xrpm does while xrpm is much faster for a
quick alphabetic visual scan.

Get off of my airplane !! ;-)