5.2.2. Determining the capabilities a package provides
Packages require capabilities, and they can provide capabilities for other packages to require. To list the capabilities a package provides, use the --provides option. These capabilities can be arbitrary names, shared libraries (.so files), and the package name itself. The basic syntax is:
For example, the tcsh shell package provides two capabilities, at a particular version number, as shown following:
Other packages provide a lot more, including shared libraries. The httpd package provides a long list of capabilities, as shown following: