Re: [atomic] Obtaining package list information from rpm-ostree

[Jason Brooks <jbrooks redhat com>]

On Thu, Jan 26, 2017 at 9:37 AM, Steve Poe <steve poe gmail com> wrote:
> Jason,
>
> Thanks for the information. So, any package I am use to finding in the
> CentOS repos, I should be able to add to my CentOS Atomic Host. Can I add
> additional repos like:
> The Community Enterprise Linux Repository (ELRepo)
> IUS Community Repo
>
> I know I don't want to make my Atomic host overly bloated/complicated, but
> just in case I need any special packages.

More or less -- there are some specific issues w/ things like rpms
that install files to /opt:

https://github.com/projectatomic/rpm-ostree/issues/233


>
> Steve
>
>
> On Wed, Jan 25, 2017 at 10:54 PM, Jason Brooks <jbrooks redhat com> wrote:
>>
>> On Wed, Jan 25, 2017 at 10:16 PM, Steve Poe <steve poe gmail com> wrote:
>> > I learned from one of the blogs in how to add packages to my CentOS
>> > Atomic environment using rpm-ostree pig-add <package_name> command. By
>> > guessing package names, I’ve been able to add what I needed. I realized I
>> > don’t know how to obtain a list of all available packages with rpm-ostree.
>> > How do I find out what packages I can actually install?
>>
>> You can run yum in a container, like:
>>
>> docker run --rm centos yum search foo
>>
>>
>> >
>> > Thanks.
>> >
>> > Steve
>> >
>> >
>> >
>
>