Actually, I did read the man page.
... a few times.
This thread taught me that "provides" is looking for file names, not command
names. I missed that detail in my man page readings.
I think I correctly understood what "search" does. Where I went wrong
(regarding "xeyes") was in expecting that
On 07/12/2018 08:32 PM, Ed Greshko wrote:
> On 07/13/18 11:16, Samuel Sieb wrote:
>> # dnf provides xeyes
>> xorg-x11-apps-7.7-20.fc28.x86_64 : X.Org X11 applications
>> Repo : fedora
>> Matched from:
>> Provide : xeyes = 1.1.1
>>
>> You want to know why "search" won't find it? This is w
On 07/13/18 11:16, Samuel Sieb wrote:
> # dnf provides xeyes
> xorg-x11-apps-7.7-20.fc28.x86_64 : X.Org X11 applications
> Repo : fedora
> Matched from:
> Provide : xeyes = 1.1.1
>
> You want to know why "search" won't find it? This is why:
>
> # dnf info xorg-x11-apps
> Available Packag
On 07/12/2018 06:34 PM, home user via users wrote:
There are subtle details of these dnf capabilities I'm not grasping
("dnf search" does not find xeyes, even with the "--all" option. But it
is finding a few of the Python IDEs.
# dnf provides xeyes
xorg-x11-apps-7.7-20.fc28.x86_64 : X.Org X11
(sigh, I can finally get back to this)
Thank-you, Samuel.
There are subtle details of these dnf capabilities I'm not grasping
("dnf search" does not find xeyes, even with the "--all" option. But it
is finding a few of the Python IDEs.
I'm trying to learn Python so I can calculate air's
abs
On 07/10/2018 08:29 PM, home user via users wrote:
I recently read an on-line article reviewing/evaluating several IDEs for
Python. So I'm trying to find out what I already have, and whether dnf can
install whatever I choose if I don't already have it. (My understanding is
that dnf can only
Thank-you, Samuel.
The question turned out not quick.
I recently read an on-line article reviewing/evaluating several IDEs for
Python. So I'm trying to find out what I already have, and whether dnf can
install whatever I choose if I don't already have it. (My understanding is
that dnf can on
On 07/09/2018 02:51 PM, home user via users wrote:
1. dnf's "provides" command is sensitive to case and special characters; the
spelling must be exact.
The "provides" command only searches through what the packages say they
provide and any files that they would install.
From the man page: "Th
Thank-you Rick.
So if I did not already know that "xeyes" is all lower case, I would have to do
"[Xx][Ee][Yy][Ee][Ss]"? Am I understanding things correctly? I'm actually
looking for repository sources for at least 6 Python development environments,
and it's not clear when a letter should be u
On 07/09/2018 02:51 PM, home user via users wrote:
> A. background:
> Consider this sequence of dnf commands...
> ---
> bash.32[~]: dnf provides Xeyes
> Last metadata expiration check: 13 days, 6:37:31 ago on Tue 26 Jun 2018
> 09:03:52 AM MDT.
> Error: No Matches found
> bash.33[~]: dn
A. background:
Consider this sequence of dnf commands...
---
bash.32[~]: dnf provides Xeyes
Last metadata expiration check: 13 days, 6:37:31 ago on Tue 26 Jun 2018
09:03:52 AM MDT.
Error: No Matches found
bash.33[~]: dnf provides x_eyes
Last metadata expiration check: 13 days, 6:38:00
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