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
License and Copyright
Copyright (C) 2008 by Eric Gerbier This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
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).