For a quick and dirty way to deal with dependancies that are in the current
RPM file you can install two times, the second over the top of the first but
the first one with the command
rpm -i --force {rpm.file.name.rpm here}
--force should do the install even if it is missing dependancies.
then just reinstall it over the top of the first with a -U to "upgrade"
rpm -U --force {rpm.file.name.rpm here}
As I'm also a newbie, I might be wrong here...
--Matt
----- Original Message -----
From: "DRX" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2001 7:16 AM
Subject: [newbie] How to find dependencies?
> Trying to install an rpm package downloaded from rpmfind.net I got an
> error message saying that two libraries were needed before I could install
> this rpm package. Going back to rpmfind.net to download those two
> libraries I discovered two things:
>
> 1. The two missing libraries are included in the rpm package I was
> trying to install.
>
> 2. The two missing libraries are _only_ included in the rpm package
I
> was trying to install. That is, it is _not_ possible to download those
two
> libraries separately. Attempting to download the two missing libraries
> only results in downloading the original rpm package. I doubt that it
will
> help to download it again.
>
> The name of the package I have tried to install is
> XFree86-4.0.1-28mdk.i586.rpm. The two libraries needed in order to
install
> it are libXaw.so.7 and libXfont.so.1. These two libraries are included in
> the XFree86-4.0.1-28mdk.i586.rpm package. How can there be a failed
> dependency when those two libraries are included in the package? How do I
> get around this? How can I install XFree86-4.0.1-28mdk? Thank you for
> your help.
>
> DRX
>
>
>
>
