[SWLUG] Multiple dependencies in RPMs

[linlist2 at nwjones.demon.co.uk]

hobbit at aloss.ukuu.org.uk wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 19, 2002 at 01:25:18PM +0000 or thereabouts, linlist2 at nwjones.demon.co.uk wrote:
> > I am just installing a new version of PHP on a box because of security alerts.
> > i am finding a lot of dependecies when I am installing the RPM.
> > Is there a way of getting RPM to find all the bits automatically? I recall someone saying something about this during one of out pub meetings.
> 
> (a) If you have three or four new packages to install which depend on
> each other and you can't be bothered to figure out the order, then
> "rpm --upgrade foo.rpm poo.rpm coo.rpm" on one command line may work.
> (I often dump them into one directory, cd into it, and use *  :))
> 
> (b) For stuff from RH:
> 
>          http://apt-rpm.tuxfamily.org/
>          APT-RPM Red Hat repository
> 
> Yes, apt for rpm-based distros. Started by Conectiva, borrowed
> for several other distros.


Thanks very much Telsa.

> 
> Telsa
> 
> PS: when hitting 'reply' I found the mail wouldn't send: why is
> there a dot at the end of the "To: discuss at swlug.org.uk." appearing?
> I believe I have sent it to that without the trailing dot, but if
> there is one in my mail after all, it was not my doing!

Ah, there is an explanation. I am using Demon internet's new webmail service.
It lets you send emails now. However I copied the address straigt off our website. The address on the website has the dot on it!


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