search for RPMs from command line

[hcclnoodles]

Hi

I have 2 questions

1) how do i search for rpm's that are installed, ie i need to find the PHP rpm that is installed (im using RH9)

2) How do i install files that end with .src.rpm ? I understand these are source rpms that need to be compiled but i cant figure out how i turn them into normal rpms

any hep on this would be greatly appreciated

 

[dozier]

You can do an 'rpm -qa' to get a list of all installed rpm's. You can then filter that through grep to look for specific things, e.g. 'rpm -qa | grep -i php'.

I'm not sure about src rpm's, I've never used them.

 

[ericbrunson]

rpmbuild --rebuild your.src.rpm

On redhat/fedora this requires the rpmbuild rpm.