NAME¶

rpmextra - 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)

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