Thanks! Though it's not quite what I need: this shows packages that depend on package X and I would like to view packages that X itself depends on.05:09 PM dogbert X11$rpm -q -f gimp-2.2 gimp-2.2.1-1 05:09 PM dogbert X11$for r in `rpm -q --requires gimp`do rpm -q --whatprovides "$r" done
Thanks a lot, this is just what I wanted. I now also see, why there can be no simpler way to do it.
Regards, Mischa.