Tuesday, April 17, 2007

Checking installed package

To check installed packages on you redhat machine, this command can be used:
-> rpm -qa
Using this command, all packages installed will be printed to the screen. To filter the view to print only the package that you desire, use this command:
-> rpm -qa | grep packagename
example: -> rpm -qa | grep -i bind
This command can also be used: -> rpm -qa bind*