Rpmfind - find rpms on the internet
SYNOPSIS
rpmfind [options] names...
rpmfind -h
rpmfind [--apropos] keyword
DESCRIPTION
Rpmfind tries to solve the big problem of finding appro
priate RPM packages on the net.
It analyzes the current state of the system, checks a
remote database using HTTP to lookup the packages provid
ing the best affinity with your current software base and
also list the extra packages that you need to install to
solve the missing dependencies.
Rpmfind can also do the transfer once the list of packages
has been established.
OPTIONS
-h List all available options
-v Increase rpmfind's verbosity (you may double
this option: -v -v). This can be useful for
debugging purposes, or just to know what's going
on.
--auto This option tells rpmfind to do the transfer
without asking for confirmation.
--source This option tells rpmfind to look for the source
rpm, rather than the executable rpm.
--latest Tells rpmfind to try to fetch the latest avail
able package.
-s server The default server for rpmfind is
http://rpmfind.net - you may wish to change that
using this option.
--upgrade This option will suggest upgrades for the
requested packages and all their dependencies.
--apropos keyword
This option tells rpmfind to browse through the
rpm database looking for all rpms that feature
that keyword in their description tag. This is
useful to find all rpms that are related to a
particular subject.
The first time you will start rpmfind, it will create an
~/.rpmfind configuration file and a ~/.rpmfinddir database
directory. It will then fetch all necessary information
concerning the rpm database present on http://rpmfind.net
(note that you need to be connected to the internet to do
this!).
EXAMPLES
Bring back a list of rpm that feature the word 'rpm' in
their descrition tag:
rpmfind --apropos rpm
Suggest an upgrade for ghostview, along with all dependen
cies that need to be upgraded with it (if any):
rpmfind --upgrade ghostview
Fetch the latest source rpm for WindowMaker, without ask
ing for any confirmation. Make The output of Rpmfind very
verbose:
rpmfind -v -v --auto --latest --source WindowMaker
FILES
~/.rpmfinddir
Directory where the rpm metadata database is
stored in compressed form.
~/.rpmfind
Rpmfind customization file.
SEE ALSO
rpm
BUGS
- rpmfind doesn't seems to work on rpm versions older than
2.4
- the ~/.rpmfind configuration file syntax needs to be
documented
COPYRIGHT.
W3C License
AUTHOR.
Daniel Veillard (veillard@redhat.com)
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