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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