Re: test for package dependencies without installing

2009-02-16 Thread Paul Yeatman
-In response to your message- --received from Jimmy Johnson-- Paul Yeatman wrote: Hi, I'm wondering if there is a command I can run on a debian package that would test for whether all dependencies of that package are already installed on the system without actually installing the package

Re: test for package dependencies without installing

2009-02-16 Thread Paul Yeatman
-In response to your message- --received from Chris Burkhardt-- Paul Yeatman wrote: Hi, I'm wondering if there is a command I can run on a debian package that would test for whether all dependencies of that package are already installed on the system without actually installing the

Re: test for package dependencies without installing

2009-02-16 Thread Paul Yeatman
-In response to your message- --received from Michael M. Moore-- On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 4:18 PM, Paul Yeatman pyeat...@ucsd.edu wrote: Hi, I'm wondering if there is a command I can run on a debian package that would test for whether all dependencies of that package are already

Re: test for package dependencies without installing

2009-02-16 Thread Chris Burkhardt
Paul Yeatman wrote: [...] There is a note in the man page about putting the --no-act flag before the action: $ sudo dpkg --no-act -i texlive-base_2007.dfsg.1-2_all.deb Does that make it behave as expected? I wish but sadly no: $ sudo dpkg --no-act -i texlive-base_2007.dfsg.1-2_all.deb

Re: test for package dependencies without installing

2009-02-16 Thread Paul Yeatman
Paul Yeatman writes: $ sudo dpkg -i --no-act texlive-base_2007.dfsg.1-2_all.deb (Reading database ... 138033 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace texlive-base 2007.dfsg.1-2 (using texlive-base_2007.dfsg.1-2_all.deb) ... $ echo $? 0 tells me nothing

Re: test for package dependencies without installing

2009-02-16 Thread Paul Yeatman
-In response to your message- --received from Chris Burkhardt-- Paul Yeatman wrote: [...] There is a note in the man page about putting the --no-act flag before the action: $ sudo dpkg --no-act -i texlive-base_2007.dfsg.1-2_all.deb Does that make it behave as expected? I

Re: test for package dependencies without installing

2009-02-16 Thread Ink Bottle
-bin|cut -d' ' -f3) The already installed packages, plus, the packages I want to install. If ever could be of some use. (man edos-debcheck) Ink Bottle --- On Mon, 2/16/09, Paul Yeatman pyeat...@ucsd.edu wrote: From: Paul Yeatman pyeat...@ucsd.edu Subject: Re: test for package dependencies

Re: test for package dependencies without installing

2009-02-16 Thread Paul Yeatman
-In response to your message- --received from Ink Bottle-- I've found this little script around something I've heared about recently; it's a command dedicated to check dependencies. I don't know it it can be of some use. It's been hard to make it work (that's the bad part :) ). $

Re: test for package dependencies without installing

2009-02-15 Thread Michael M. Moore
On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 4:18 PM, Paul Yeatman pyeat...@ucsd.edu wrote: Hi, I'm wondering if there is a command I can run on a debian package that would test for whether all dependencies of that package are already installed on the system without actually installing the package if so. This

test for package dependencies without installing

2009-02-13 Thread Paul Yeatman
Hi, I'm wondering if there is a command I can run on a debian package that would test for whether all dependencies of that package are already installed on the system without actually installing the package if so. This mailing list thread

Re: test for package dependencies without installing

2009-02-13 Thread Jimmy Johnson
Paul Yeatman wrote: Hi, I'm wondering if there is a command I can run on a debian package that would test for whether all dependencies of that package are already installed on the system without actually installing the package if so. This mailing list thread

Re: test for package dependencies without installing

2009-02-13 Thread Chris Burkhardt
Paul Yeatman wrote: Hi, I'm wondering if there is a command I can run on a debian package that would test for whether all dependencies of that package are already installed on the system without actually installing the package if so. This mailing list thread