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notes Output is shown in Listing 1. Here’s what some of the most important entries mean:
Name: the name of the package

Version: the version of the package
Release: the number of times this package has been released using the same version of the
software
Install date: when this package was installed on your system

Group: your RPM database is divided into groups, which describe the functionality of the
software. Each time you install a package, it will be grouped accordingly.
Size: the total size in bytes of all the files in the package

License: the license of the original software
Typically, the file name will indicate what’s inside the package, but not always. You may receive
a package simply named glibc.rpm, which isn’t very helpful. You can use the -p modifier to find
out which version and release this RPM contains, then perhaps rename it appropriately.
# rpm -q -p glibc.rpm
glibc-2.0.7-29

Task What are the uses of -q switch in query packages?

7.3.1 gnorpm

Gnome-RPM (which is also referred to as gnorpm) is a graphical front end to the RPM package
management system. It runs under X, like Redhat’s Glint, but is written in C, anduses the GTK+
widget set and the Gnome Libraries.
Gnome-RPM was written by James Henstridge; RPM 3.0 support was written by Red Hat and
additional rpmfind code was written by Daniel Veillard.
GnoRPM allows the end-user to easily work with RPM technology; it is fast, powerful and
features a friendly interface.

Gnome-RPM is “GNOME-compliant,” meaning that it seamlessly integrates into GNOME, the X
Window System desktop environment.
With Gnome-RPM, you can easily

1. Install RPM packages
2. Uninstall RPM packages
3. Upgrade RPM packages
4. Find new RPM packages
5. Query RPM packages
6. Verify RPM packages

The interface features a menu, a toolbar, a tree and a display window of currently installed
packages.
Operations are often performed in Gnome-RPM by finding and selecting packages, then choosing
the type of operation to perform via push-button on the toolbar, through the menu or by right-
clicking with the mouse.

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