rpm - the prerequisites before installing package?

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Date: 12/21/03

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    Dear experts,

    I'm still wondering how to figure out what the prerequisites
    are before installing a package. So, you can investigate what
    packages, libraries, etc. are required first.
    Instead of using trial and error.

    Suse has a great gui tool in Yast. You click on
    the package you are thinking of installing, and
    it shows the:
    - info on the package
    - what it requires
    - what it prerequires

    But, I can't seem to get this to work. (I do know that
    this package requires a lot.)

    rpm -q --whatprovides gnome-system-monitor-2.0.4-25.src.rpm
    no package provides gnome-system-monitor-2.0.4-25.src.rpm

    rpm -q --provides gnome-system-monitor-2.0.4-25.src.rpm
    package gnome-system-monitor-2.0.4-25.src.rpm is not installed

    rpm -q --requires gnome-system-monitor-2.0.4-25.src.rpm
    package gnome-system-monitor-2.0.4-25.src.rpm is not installed

    rpm -q --whatrequires gnome-system-monitor-2.0.4-25.src.rpm
    no package requires gnome-system-monitor-2.0.4-25.src.rpm

    rpm -q --prerequires gnome-system-monitor-2.0.4-25.src.rpm
    --prerequires: unknown option

    Does anyone know the syntax?

    Thanks

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