[plug] help on a reaaally basic command--please

[Anthony J. Breeds-Taurima]

On Thu, 17 Feb 2000, dez wrote:

> I am using Redhat 6.1 with gnome and other gnome programs so presumably it
> should run.
> I am thinking one of the libraries (eg.gtk 1.2 etc) may not be correct.
> What I need (but can't find )  is  -- "What is the command for finding a
> version..?"
>  eg   the equivelent to   (Dos)    _ "gtk /ver "_ ?       ????

rpm -qa | grep -i gtk

Will give you the names and versions of all rpms on your machine with 'gtk'
on thier name.
on my system I get:
gtk+-1.2.6-1
gtk+-devel-1.2.6-1

part between the last and second last '-''s is the version .... so in case
I'm running gtk version 1.2.6

Yours Tony.