The Main Window

When you first start gnorpm, you will be presented with the package listing window. It has a tree of the different package groups on the left, and a list of packages in the selected group on the right. The package list on the right can be configured to display as icons or a list (the icon display is the default).

From this window, you can manipulate the packages that are currently installed on the system. When selecting packages in this window, note that the selection spans all package groups. The number of packages selected is shown in the status bar of this window. If you want to make sure that no packages are selected, use the unselect toolbar button.

After selecting some packages, you can uninstall, query or verify them. These operations can be performed with either the menu items or the toolbar buttons. Their meanings are as follows:

Uninstall

Uninstall the selected packages. A confirmation dialog will be displayed first, and if there are no dependency conflicts the packages will be removed. If there are any conflicts, a dependency conflict dialog will be displayed.

Query

Open a dialog that gives information about the selected packages. In this dialog, there will also be a row of buttons at the bottom which can be used to perform operations on individual packages.

Verify

Verify the selected packages. This will check to make sure that none of the non-configuration files in the package has been tampered with or corrupted.

It is also possible to perform the above operations on individual packages using the right mouse button context menu on the right hand pane.

From the main window, you can bring up windows for the other parts of gnorpm. That is the install window, which is used to install new packages on the system, the find window, which is used to search for files on the machine, the the web find window, which allows you to find and download a package with its dependencies off the internet with the help of the rpmfind database, and the preferences window where you can change the settings for gnorpm.