On Sat, 2011-12-17 at 16:19 -0500, William Case wrote: > I think I remember reading a suggestion here about how to get a list of > the main or core programs on my machine. It was -- I think -- an rpm or > yum list command of some kind + grep. I don't want every plugin or > update or library just the main program. > > I am about to do a virgin install of Fedora 16 (because its about time I > started fresh rather than with preupgarde again ) and I would like to > get a simple editable list of all the stuff I now have. > > It was one of those things that you say "hey neat" but don't save. Now > I can't replicate it. ---- don't know about 'programs' but 'packages' you can use rpm... rpm -qa and you can do... yum grouplist to get a list of installed and available package 'groups' which may ultimately be more useful. Craig -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org