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	nonsuch	2020-03-30 , 20:25
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To be fair, the on-device rpm does have a '--help' switch.
I just found out there's also a '--docfiles' switch that lists all documentation, so this works:

Code:

rmp -qad

Granted, most of it are licenses, but there's quite a few man pages, too.

How could I perform a (both installed and non-installed) package search on the CLI? The equivalent of

Code:

apt-cache search

???

And what's pkcon? Is the combination rpm/pkcon something that some other distros also use? I'm not very familiar with rpm-based distros. I have never heard of pkcon, and dnf or yum aren't installed.

Does Sailfish possibly use something like docpurge (Fremantle uses that to save space)?

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atlochowski	2020-03-30 , 20:48
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@nonsuch pkcon and zypper are easy to use if you start using manuals

http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/...1/pkcon.1.html

https://www.tecmint.com/zypper-comma...ge-management/

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	peterleinchen	2020-03-30 , 21:29
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Originally Posted by nonsuch

To be fair, the on-device rpm does have a '--help' switch.
I just found out there's also a '--docfiles' switch that lists all documentation, so this works:
Code:
rmp -qad
Granted, most of it are licenses, but there's quite a few man pages, too.

well spotted

How could I perform a (both installed and non-installed) package search on the CLI? The equivalent of
Code:
apt-cache search
???

Code:

 pkcon search someText

Code:

 pkcon search name packageName

and grep the output by e.g. ' | grep ^Installed' or ' | grep ^Available' and so on...

And what's pkcon? Is the combination rpm/pkcon something that some other distros also use? I'm not very familiar with rpm-based distros.

see it like
dpkg - rpm
apt - pkcon
??? - zypper

I have never heard of pkcon, and dnf or yum aren't installed.

normally only one package kit per distribution?

Does Sailfish possibly use something like docpurge (Fremantle uses that to save space)?

no idea

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	nonsuch	2020-03-31 , 11:57
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Ah, it's beginning to make sense now!

Is there any particular reason why installing zypper would be a good idea?
pkcon and rpm seem to have enough functionality?

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