Arnau, yum install SL_rpm_show_arch This will install a rpm that enables this. -Connie Sieh On Tue, 20 Oct 2009, Arnau Bria wrote: > Hi all, > > I'd like to see package's arch when doing rpm -qa. I though it > was not possible, but when talking to other admin he sent me > this output: > >> [root@wn060 ~]# rpm -qa | grep compat-gcc-34 >> compat-gcc-34-g77-3.4.6-4.x86_64 >> compat-gcc-34-c++-3.4.6-4.x86_64 >> compat-gcc-34-3.4.6-4.x86_64 > >> [root@wn060 ~]# rpm --version >> RPM version 4.4.2.3 > >> [root@wn060 ~]# yum --version >> 3.2.19 > >> [root@wn060 ~]# cat /etc/redhat-release >> Scientific Linux SL release 5.3 (Boron) > > He does not know why he see that output. > > Now I'm on SL 5.3 but rpm does not show package arch: > > # rpm -qa|grep compat-gcc-34 > compat-gcc-34-g77-3.4.6-4 > compat-gcc-34-3.4.6-4 > compat-gcc-34-3.4.6-4 > compat-gcc-34-g77-3.4.6-4 > compat-gcc-34-c++-3.4.6-4 > compat-gcc-34-c++-3.4.6-4 > > And I have same versions as him: > > [root@td006 ~]# rpm --version > RPM version 4.4.2.3 > [root@td006 ~]# yum --version > 3.2.19 > # cat /etc/redhat-release > Scientific Linux SL release 5.3 (Boron) > > Anyone could help to get that output? > > rpm should do it with no other options specified... The reason for that > is that we use puppet for configuring our nodes, and it uses rpm for > querying packages installed. If rpm does not answer with arch rpm does > not know if the package is 386 or 64 bits.... > > TIA, > Arnau >