[ale] Continued-> missing dependencies under Redhat.........

[James P. Kinney III]

There is no super-fantastic way to do this with out accessing some
outside resources.

If you install the redhat-rpm-database, it has the rpm list for
everything from the distribution you are using, and install rpmfind,
then the gnorpm will allow a (sort-of) painless way to get what you
need.

Red-carpet from ximian will do a reasonable job of pulling in required
packages from the gnome stuff you need and often it works for the base
redhat stuff as well.

An alternative is to do an upgrade installation with the redhat CD. This
will pull in any needed lib from the CD for any new app. It will mess up
your custom crafted kernel with the default kernel.rpm, though. Plus you
will have to reboot the system.

If you need the name of all the packages (rpms) that a new rpm depends
on, run " rpm -qp -R package.rpm". The output will be the package name
and version numbers.

On Mon, 2002-02-11 at 17:45, Courtney Thomas wrote:
> Thank you for your usual kind attention.
> 
> I was a little vague. More precisely, when I attempt to install an rpm, 
> I typically get a list of more "stuff" needed.
> 
> How can I know exactly which rpms are required to provide said missing 
> dependencies without guessing and hence potentially installing 
> unnecessary "stuff" or worse, maybe spending lots of time and still not 
> hitting on the one needed ?
> 
> Appreciatively,
> Courtney
> 
> 
> 
> James P. Kinney III wrote:
> 
> > Download all the offending, er... missing rpms into one directory with
> > the WindowMaker.rpm. run rpm -Uvh *.rpm
> > 
> > On Mon, 2002-02-11 at 15:23, Courtney Thomas wrote:
> > 
> >>Greetings !
> >>
> >>Running........
> >>
> >>	rpm -ivh WindowMaker~
> >>
> >>I get.......
> >>
> >>	wmconfig is needed by WindowMaker~
> >>	libPropList is needed by W~
> >>	libPropList.so.0 is needed by ........
> >>	libungif.so.4 is ........
> >>
> >>How is all this most efficiently resolved, please ?
> >>
> >>BTW, 6.1, if it matters.
> >>
> >>Appreciatively,
> >>Courtney
> >>
> >>
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