I just had an odd experience trying to use 'yum provides' to find the
acpidump command:
[pilcher@ian ~]$ sudo yum provides '*/acpidump'
Loaded plugins: langpacks, show-leaves
fedora/20/x86_64/metalink | 18 kB
00:00:00
fedora-HandBrake | 2.9 kB
00:00:00
google-chrome | 951 B
00:00:00
google-musicmanager | 951 B
00:00:00
google-talkplugin | 951 B
00:00:00
livna | 1.3 kB
00:00:00
rpmfusion-free | 3.3 kB
00:00:00
rpmfusion-free-updates | 3.3 kB
00:00:00
rpmfusion-nonfree | 3.3 kB
00:00:00
rpmfusion-nonfree-updates | 3.3 kB
00:00:00
updates/20/x86_64/metalink | 14 kB
00:00:00
updates | 4.9 kB
00:00:00
updates/20/x86_64/primary_db | 11 MB
00:00:03
(1/4): rpmfusion-nonfree-updates/20/x86_64/primary_db | 115 kB
00:00:00
(2/4): rpmfusion-free-updates/20/x86_64/primary_db | 343 kB
00:00:00
(3/4): updates/20/x86_64/updateinfo | 1.3 MB
00:00:00
(4/4): updates/20/x86_64/pkgtags | 1.0 MB
00:00:00
fedora-HandBrake/20/x86_64/filelists_db | 3.6 kB
00:00:00
google-chrome/filelists | 1.4 kB
00:00:00
rpmfusion-free-updates/20/x86_64/filelists_db | 231 kB
00:00:00
rpmfusion-nonfree-updates/20/x86_64/filelists_db | 59 kB
00:00:00
updates/20/x86_64/filelists_db | 17 MB
00:00:04
No matches found
Google a bit and find out it may be in the acpica-tools package:
[pilcher@ian ~]$ sudo yum install acpica-tools
Loaded plugins: langpacks, show-leaves
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package acpica-tools.x86_64 0:20140424-3.fc20 will be installed
--> Finished Dependency Resolution
Dependencies Resolved
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Package Arch Version Repository
Size
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Installing:
acpica-tools x86_64 20140424-3.fc20 updates
780 k
Transaction Summary
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Install 1 Package
Total download size: 780 k
Installed size: 2.5 M
Is this ok [y/d/N]: y
Downloading packages:
acpica-tools-20140424-3.fc20.x86_64.rpm | 780 kB
00:00:00
Running transaction check
Running transaction test
Transaction test succeeded
Running transaction (shutdown inhibited)
Installing : acpica-tools-20140424-3.fc20.x86_64
1/1
Verifying : acpica-tools-20140424-3.fc20.x86_64
1/1
Installed:
acpica-tools.x86_64 0:20140424-3.fc20
Complete!
New leaves:
acpica-tools.x86_64
[pilcher@ian ~]$ which acpidump
/usr/bin/acpidump
Shouldn't "yum provides '*/acpidump'" have turned up acpica-tools?
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