Finding Interesting Packages
A good place to look for interesting packages is the RPM Repository, http://rufus.w3.org/linux/RPM/. Mirror sites are available for speedy access throughout North America and Europe. At the time of writing, the main site hosted 33,707 packages.
The RPM Repository uses rpm2html, a utility that automatically generates Web pages that describe a set of packages. This utility helps the site administrator keep the list of packages up to date. A related utility, rpmfind, can help you locate and download packages. Simply download the rpmfind package and install it on your system.
To use rpmfind, type a command like this one:
rpmfind --apropos borland
The command will search the RPM database on http://rufus.w3.org, reporting the name of each package having a description that includes the word borland:
Loading catalog to /tmp/fullIndex.rdf.gz Searching the RPM catalog for borland ... 1: ftp://rpmfind.net/linux/contrib/libc5/SRPMS/rhide-1.3-1.src.rpm rhide : Rhide is a very nice IDE exactly like Borland's Found 1 packages related to borland
To download and install a package, type a command like this one, which installs the rhide package found by the previous command:
# rpmfind rhide
Installing rhide will require 3810 KBytes
### To Transfer:
ftp://rpmfind.net/linux/contrib/libc5/i386/rhide-1.3-1.i386.rpm
Do you want to download these files to /tmp [Y/n/a] ? :The rpmfind utility prompts you to authorize download and installation of the files. If you decide you don’t want ...
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