On 01/12/05, John Dangler <jdangler@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> sorry for the newb questions, but I'm new to linux administration, and even
> newer to centOS. I do have some experience with Gentoo Linux.
>
> How can I get a list of packages that are installed in my system?
[1]$ rpm -qa
[2]$ rpm -qa --last | tac
[1] will list all packages, and [2] all packages, sorted by installed
date with the most recent last.
> Is there an equivalent of merge -uDvt world? (This updates the installed
> packages with latest releases)
Look into yum for providing updates.
[1]# yum check-update
[2]# yum -y update
[1] lists updated packages that would apply to your system and then
[2] would install them.
> Is there an equivalent of portage in centOS? (The portage site lists all
> available packages for Gentoo by 'category').
yum group-list perhaps?
Read up on RPM and Yum. RPM is the base package management for RH-like
systems and Yum sort of a pull/delivery mechanism that resolves
dependencies.
http://www.rpm.org/max-rpm/ should have more than you need to know about RPMs.
http://www.centos.org/modules/smartfaq/faq.php?faqid=8 and
http://linux.duke.edu/projects/yum/ explains more about Yum.
Will.
