[Cialug] solutions to an annoyance?

[cialug@cialug.org]

It must have it stored as a file somewhere.  You might:
rpm -qa | rpm -ql | grep `which [prog-name]`  #this might not be correct
piping.
That should give you the package which contains the installer program, then you
can `rpm -ql` that and see what files it possesses (one will likely be the cd
database).
I don't usually do complex operations on rpm, so my paramaters may be wrong and
someone may have to correct me.


Quoting Jeff Davis <jeff@dynamictelecard.com>:

> Surely there's a better way to do
> this and you're the people to ask.
> 
> I want to install a particular RPM.
> 
> Since I've checked the md5sum when I
> burned the CD's I'd prefer to get the
> RPM off of it and only download it if
> it is not on the install CD's.
> 
> What's the easiest way to find out if the
> rpm is on the distro CD's and which CD?
> 
> So far the best idea I've heard is to do
> ls > disk1.txt, etc. and grep when needed.
> 
> If I use the gui tool it would prompt me to
> insert the proper disk, how does it know?
> 
> -Jeff
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