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by **Lisa Johnso** » Mon, 08 Jan 2001 06:20:13

Is there anything out there that will query a Linux, Unix or Irix server
to determine what software is running on it?

by **Jean-David Beye** » Mon, 08 Jan 2001 07:32:56

> Is there anything out there that will query a Linux, Unix or Irix server
> to determine what software is running on it?

pstree will show that.
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by **Linux Use** » Mon, 08 Jan 2001 07:33:00

Hello,

You might look at Caldera's Volution. It supports any linux distribution
that's uses RPMS. It might be a little overkill though it does more then
just software inventory.

http://www.caldera.com/volution/

Cheers,
Jim H

> Is there anything out there that will query a Linux, Unix or Irix server
> to determine what software is running on it?

by **ljj** » Mon, 08 Jan 2001 07:38:13

I'll take a look, thanks!

> Hello,

> You might look at Caldera's Volution. It supports any linux distribution
> that's uses RPMS. It might be a little overkill though it does more then
> just software inventory.

> http://www.caldera.com/volution/

> Cheers,
> Jim H

> > Is there anything out there that will query a Linux, Unix or Irix server
> > to determine what software is running on it?

by **ljj** » Mon, 08 Jan 2001 07:44:57

The will show it if the app happens to be running at the time. Not sure
how to catch everythingm running or not.

> > Is there anything out there that will query a Linux, Unix or Irix server
> > to determine what software is running on it?

> pstree will show that.
> --
> .~. Jean-David Beyer Registered Linux User 85642.
> /V\ Registered Machine 73926.
> /( )\ Shrewsbury, New Jersey
> ^^-^^ 5:30pm up 3 days, 9 min, 2 users, load average: 3.34, 3.39, 3.19

by **Dan Whit** » Mon, 08 Jan 2001 09:15:18

Quote:> Is there anything out there that will query a Linux, Unix or Irix server
> to determine what software is running on it?

If the system uses a package manager, then you can use it to list the
software installed. On RPM based systems:

rpm -qa | less

On Debian based systems:

dpkg -l "*" | less

- Dan White

by **Linux Use** » Mon, 08 Jan 2001 10:39:24

> > Is there anything out there that will query a Linux, Unix or Irix server
> > to determine what software is running on it?

> If the system uses a package manager, then you can use it to list the
> software installed. On RPM based systems:

> rpm -qa | less

> On Debian based systems:

> dpkg -l "*" | less

I guess I was assuming from where she said "query a Linux, Unix or Irix
server" that she needed something that would do remote queries.

Jim H

by **Jean-David Beye** » Mon, 08 Jan 2001 11:26:15

> The will show it if the app happens to be running at the time.

Well, that is what the original poster asked. I assumed that by
"running" she meant that it had an entry in the process table, and
pstree shows that. If she meant something that (one of) the
Program-Counter(s) was pointing at, that would have been a different
question, I think.

Quote:> Not sure
> how to catch everythingm running or not.

If you think she meant every executable thing in the machine, that would
be tough. A subset would be available on Red Hat - like installations by
running rpm -qa. Another approach might be to do a find for all files
with an x-permission-bit set.

> > > Is there anything out there that will query a Linux, Unix or Irix server
> > > to determine what software is running on it?

> > pstree will show that.

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