Re: Quick (I hope!) dnf question. [CLOSED]

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On 07/13/18 11:16, Samuel Sieb wrote:
> # dnf provides xeyes
> xorg-x11-apps-7.7-20.fc28.x86_64 : X.Org X11 applications
> Repo        : fedora
> Matched from:
> Provide    : xeyes = 1.1.1
>
> You want to know why "search" won't find it?  This is why:
>
> # dnf info xorg-x11-apps
> Available Packages
> Name         : xorg-x11-apps
> Version      : 7.7
> Release      : 20.fc28
> Arch         : x86_64
> Size         : 330 k
> Source       : xorg-x11-apps-7.7-20.fc28.src.rpm
> Repo         : fedora
> Summary      : X.Org X11 applications
> URL          : https://www.x.org
> License      : MIT
> Description  : A collection of common X Window System applications.
>
> The package isn't about xeyes, so that "word" isn't anywhere in the provided info. 
> However, for spyder: 


IMO, an even better way to demonstrate what "search" does is to issue the command....

dnf search "x window"

I think this demonstrates *where* search looks for the keywords.  It is more than
just the package name but as the man page states...

             Search  package metadata for the keywords. Keywords are matched as
              case-insensitive substrings, globbing is supported. By *default* the
              command  will  *only*  look  at package names and summaries, failing
              that (or whenever all was given as  an  argument)  it  will  match
              against  package  *descriptions* and *URLs*. The result is sorted from
              the most relevant results to the least.

It, as you've already pointed out, doesn't look for filenames contained within the rpm.


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