On Tue, Jan 22, 2008 at 04:25:37PM +0100, Sonja Krause-Harder wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 22, 2008 at 05:08:35PM +0200, Dirk Moolman wrote:
> > Is there a command (except for rpm -i), to check for dependencies before
> > I try to install a package ?
> 
> rpm -q --requires -p <rpmfile>
> 
> -q: query mode
> --requires: show requires
> -p: we're asking about an uninstalled rpm file, not an installed rpm

If you just want to test if a rpm is installable, use:

rpm -U --test <rpmfile>

Cheers,
  Michael.

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