Re: rpm auto get dependencies?

[Richard Fifarek <rfifarek@silug.org>]

On Fri, 5 Apr 2002, Casey Boone wrote:

> is there any way to make rpm automatically download and install
> dependancies?

	Up2date, autorpm, and apt-get (for RH) are some packages.

> im trying to install the vsftpd rpm from the rh7.3 skipjack beta onto redhat
> 7.1
> 
> it needs libcap.so.1

libcap-1.10-5.i386.rpm (on 7.2)

[rfifarek@rfifarek rfifarek]$ rpm -qp --requires libcap-1.10-5.i386.rpm
/sbin/ldconfig  
/sbin/ldconfig  
rpmlib(PayloadFilesHavePrefix) <= 4.0-1
rpmlib(CompressedFileNames) <= 3.0.4-1
ld-linux.so.2  
libcap.so.1  
libc.so.6  
libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.0)  
libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.1.3)  

Nothing more than what most packages require :)

	The prevailing opinion on auto installation is that it is a 
dangerous means of systems administration, because it isn't smart enough 
to know what should and shouldn't be on the system.  That being said, a 
sys admin with a large number of machines can't function without some tool 
to automate updates/installs.  Of the three tools mentioned above, I've 
only used autorpm (plan to get apt-get working), and I find it to be a 
pretty good compromise.

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	     Richard H. Fifarek	       		rfifarek@silug.org
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