rpmextra - Man Page

display extra packages : not from distribution repositories

Description

rpmextra search for extra packages :  packages installed on the system that are not available in any repository listed in the config file

this packages are often installed manually and are not updated as others packages by distribution tools

Synopsis

rpmextra [options]

options:

   -help                brief help message
   -man                 full documentation
   -V, --version        print version
   -verbose             verbose

Required Arguments

none

Options

-help

Print a brief help message and exits.

-man

Print the manual page and exits.

-version

Print the program release and exit.

-verbose

The program works and print debugging messages.

Usage

rpmextra

Diagnostics

the verbose mode allow to see which functions are used

Exit Status

O if all is ok

>=1 if a problem

Configuration

nothing

Environment

RPMEXTRA_METHOD

for experts/developers only : allow to force the method used to get rpm data. It can be set to repoquery/dnf/yum/package-cleanup/urpmq/zypper

Dependencies

rpmextra depends upon rpm package managers. it can use yum/dnf (Redhat), urpmi (Mandriva), zypper (Suse) tools

Incompatibilities

not known

Bugs and Limitations

the program does not work well on program installed with several versions

Notes

this program can be used as “normal” user

See Also

rpm(1) for rpm call

rpmorphan(1)

rpmusage(1)

rpmduplicates(1)

rpmdep(1)

Author

Eric Gerbier

you can report any bug or suggest to gerbier@users.sourceforge.net

Referenced By

rpmdep(1), rpmduplicates(1), rpmorphan(1), rpmusage(1).

2018-09-14 perl v5.26.2 User Contributed Perl Documentation