Re: rpm - the prerequisites before installing package?

From: Kevin D. Snodgrass (nobody_at_spamcop.net)
Date: 12/24/03


Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2003 21:35:44 -0600

linuxquestion@yahoo.com wrote:
> 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

Try this:

rpm -qp --requires gnome-system-monitor-2.0.4-25.src.rpm

Notice the first arg, "-qp". That makes rpm check a package
that isn't currently installed.

-- 
Kevin D. Snodgrass
kdsnodgrass (at) yahoo [dot] com


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