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Old 02-13-2014
Figure out what rpm package a program is a part of
I am trying to figure out what rpm package a program is a part of. I have tried the normal way.

Code:
rpm -qa | grep -i programname

What other ways can you try?
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Old 02-13-2014
You can use the -qf switch on the program filename:

Code:
rpm -qf /bin/ls
coreutils-8.4-19.el6.x86_64

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Old 02-15-2014
Quote:
Originally Posted by in2nix4life
You can use the -qf switch on the program filename:

Code:
rpm -qf /bin/ls
coreutils-8.4-19.el6.x86_64

Does this mean it was built from source on the server?

Code:
$ which sicsim
/usr/local/bin/sicsim
$ which sicasm
/usr/local/bin/sicasm
rpm -qf /usr/local/bin/sicsim
file /usr/local/bin/sicsim is not owned by any package
$ rpm -qf /usr/local/bin/sicasm
file /usr/local/bin/sicasm is not owned by any package

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Old 02-15-2014
Yes that should mean it was not installed via package management. It could be precompiled binaries or built from source on the server. Also the path /usr/local is normally not used by packages, at least not on RedHat. I don't know what your distribution is?
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