On Thu, 2003-03-27 at 03:52, Mohammed Awad wrote: > I meant by RPMed: > ready for directly extracting the source code of a module (like IPCHAIN) > from. > And I meant by (not RPMed): > I must have the RPM run over the whole operating system first, to populate a > database for the source code files of the operating system, before I can > extract the source code of the (IPCHAIN)? >
I'll try. If you want to install the source code for a package you don't need to do anything other then install the package that contains it. Red Hat is an RPM based linux distribution and as such already has everything done that is necessary. to install the source code: rpm -ivh ipchains-blah-blah.src.rpm source code packages NOT the same as the binary package and are named packagename-version-release-src.rpm by convention Read the rpm man page and play around a bit and you will get it pretty quick I bet. for instance: to see all packages installed: rpm -qa to see the information about a package rpm -qi ipchains to see the information about a package that is contained in a file (not installed) rpm -qip packagefilename eg. rpm -qif hylafax-4.1.5-2rh8.i386.rpm file hylafax-4.1.5-2rh8.i386.rpm is not owned by any package [EMAIL PROTECTED] tmp]# rpm -qip hylafax-4.1.5-2rh8.i386.rpm Name : hylafax Relocations: (not relocateable) Version : 4.1.5 Vendor: (none) Release : 2rh8 Build Date: Tue 25 Mar 2003 04:00:34 PM CST Install date: (not installed) Build Host: sambatest.internal.stanfieldodell.com Group : Applications/Communications Source RPM: hylafax-4.1.5-2rh8.src.rpm Size : 3246246 License: better than LGPL Signature : (none) Packager : Darren Nickerson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> URL : http://www.hylafax.org/ Summary : HylaFAX(tm) is a sophisticated enterprise strength fax package Description : HylaFAX(tm) is a sophisticated enterprise-strength fax package for class 1 and 2 fax modems on unix systems. It provides spooling services and numerous supporting fax management tools. The fax clients may reside on machines different from the server and client implementations exist for a number of platforms including windows. list the files in a package: rpm -ql packagename to see what package a file belongs to rpm -qf /full/path/to/file Lots of more stuff too. HTH Bret -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
