 | | | How to query the package owning the file? (no package manger installed) | How to query the package owning the file? (no package manger installed) 2005-07-15 - By Kevin Jackson
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How can you do a package management install (RPM) with no package
manager (apart from using rpm2cpio - in which case you'd know what rpm
you got it from?)
Even with an SRPM you build and RPM as part of the build - and hence install it.
RPM stands for RedHat Package Manager so I think you may be getting
yourself tied up in knots with your question.
The alternative is to use sometthing like http://rpmfind.net/ to give
you a clue.
Kev
On 7/15/05, Truejack <truejack@(protected)> wrote:
> I had this question asked in a technical interview.
>
> How do I find out the package owning a particular file, when no
> package managers are installed?
>
> I am assuimg SRPMs are used to install the software?
>
> Is this actually possible? Install the Linux OS without a package manager?
>
> I know "rpm -qf filename" gives the package owning the file.
> But how to get the package name when I don't have any package manager?
>
> Maybe this was a question to rattle me?
>
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