Re: rpm auto get dependencies?

["Casey Boone" <ophidian@mychoice.net>]

i appreciate the reply

i tried compiling vsftp from source, but then noticed a redhat specific
folder.  the readmes/installs with it really dont go into any detail about
installation to where im comfortable installing it on my own. (i cant run it
as it requires inetd to run it, but it doesnt give any info for the proper
way to have it installed in inetd that i saw)

so autorpm here we come :)

Casey

-----Original Message-----
From: silug-discuss-owner@silug.org
[mailto:silug-discuss-owner@silug.org]On Behalf Of Richard Fifarek
Sent: Friday, April 05, 2002 5:21 PM
To: silug-discuss@silug.org
Subject: Re: rpm auto get dependencies?


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.

	     -----------------------------------------------------
	     Richard H. Fifarek	       		rfifarek@silug.org
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