URPMQ and URPMF
Both urpmq and urpmf commands are part of the urpmi family ( See
Installing Software URPMI ). They can display detailed information about packages and the databases.
URPMQ
The command urpmq is a tool to search local and remote rpm sources for info about installed/available packages.
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# urpmq --list-media |
Shows all the urpm repositories configured on your system
Shows the url's of the urpm repositories
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# urpmq --list-media active |
Only shows the active urpm repositories
Information about the k3b package
Shows the version and architecture of the k3b package
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# urpmq --sources k3b |
What remote urpm repositories holds the k3b package
Shows all packages on the urpm repositories with the name k3b
URPMF
The command urpmf is a tool to search for a specific file in all installed/available packages on local and remote urpm repositories.
Will show that the kcutlabel.h file is part of the k3b-devel package.
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# urpmf --summary k3b |
Shows which packages have the word "k3b" in their summary.
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# urpmf --provides k3b |
Will list which files are in the k3b package
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# urpmf --requires k3b |
Gives you which files are needed for to run k3b
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# urpmf --conflicts k3b |
Shows which files would conflict with k3b
Will show the size of the k3b package
Shows which repositories have packages with k3b in the name of the package

Bruno
PS: If you would like to know more about urpmi and the related commands have a look Here
-- Oct 27 2007 ( Revised Nov 29 2008 ) --