 | | | 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 Ed Wilts
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On Fri, Jul 15, 2005 at 05:39:57PM +0530, Truejack 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 believe you may have misinterpreted the question. If you have a Red
Hat Linux system, you may still install over software that is not rpm
based.
> I am assuimg SRPMs are used to install the software?
No - you'd install from a tarball.
> Is this actually possible? Install the Linux OS without a package manager?
Not the OS - at least not Red Hat Linux. You can certainly install 3rd
party applications though.
> 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?
It's a serious question. If you have /usr/local/bin/foo, and foo does
not belong to any rpm you installed, how did it get there and how do you
know if there's a new version?
I won't attempt to answer the question on this list since there a lot of
possibilities...
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