Re: question about packages

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On Mon, Feb 20, 2017 at 09:50:51PM +0100, john.david.r.smith wrote:
> hi.
> i can install the package 'vim' via `sudo dnf install vim`
> but there is no package called vim in the list returned by `dnf search vim`.
> 
> is there a way to get the real package name given the name vim?
> (i want a generic way to resolve such a name).
> - John

Two things come to mind.

  dnf list 'vim*'     or    dnf list '*vim*'

  dnf provides /usr/bin/vim

jon
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