Linux / Unix Tips and Tricks

This blog contains Linux / Unix Tips and Tricks, collected during my work as a Unix System Administrator.
They are here for my own reference, but they might help you as well !

Category: Package Management

Linux: How to extract a single file from a RPM package

I once got myself in the situation where I had no option but to retrieve a missing file from a rpm package. I didn't want to install the whole rpm, but only extract the missing file. Here's an example how to extract the original httpd.conf from the httpd package:  (More)

Linux, Package Management

Solaris: Determinate to which package a file belongs

I had an issue with software which was complaining about the version of /usr/lib/libCstd.so.1 So I wanted to know to which package this particular file belongs, in order to see if there are any updates available for this package. Here's how to do it:   (More)

Unix, Solaris, Package Management

 
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