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 ago on Tue 26 Jun 2018 09:03:52 AM MDT. Error: No Matches found bash.34[~]: dnf search --all xeyes Last metadata expiration check: 13 days, 6:38:21 ago on Tue 26 Jun 2018 09:03:52 AM MDT. No matches found. bash.35[~]: dnf provides xeyes Last metadata expiration check: 13 days, 6:38:29 ago on Tue 26 Jun 2018 09:03:52 AM MDT. xorg-x11-apps-7.7-18.fc27.x86_64 : X.Org X11 applications Repo : @System Matched from: Provide : xeyes = 1.1.1
xorg-x11-apps-7.7-18.fc27.x86_64 : X.Org X11 applications Repo : fedora Matched from: Provide : xeyes = 1.1.1 bash.36[~]: --------------- This is just to show that 1. dnf's "provides" command is sensitive to case and special characters; the spelling must be exact. 2. dnf's "search" command doesn't necessarily find something even when spelled correctly. I already have "xeyes", the above is merely demonstration. B. the question: If I want to find a tool, application, etc., and I don't know its exact spelling, and trying all case and special character possibilities is not practical, how do I search for it using dnf, so I can then install it (or discover that I already have it)? thanks, Bill. _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://getfedora.org/code-of-conduct.html List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2FUR3P6LZYXJK6H3GQRQZQNKAVAAAG7C/
