Excellent, thanks Sonja - and Michael (for the --test option) Dirk -----Original Message----- From: Sonja Krause-Harder [mailto:skh@suse.de] Sent: 22 January 2008 05:26 PM To: opensuse@opensuse.org Subject: Re: [opensuse] RPM dependencies 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 hth, Sonja -- Sonja Krause-Harder (skh@suse.de) SUSE Research & Development ----------------------------------------------------------------- SUSE Linux Products GmbH GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nuernberg) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+-unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+-help@opensuse.org *** Disclaimer *** The information contained in this e-mail is confidential and legally privileged and is intended solely for the addressee and to others who have the authority to receive it. Access to this e-mail by anyone else is unauthorized and as such, any disclosure, copying, distribution or any action taken or omitted in reliance on it is unlawful. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender immediately. The views expressed in this e-mail are the views of the individual sender and should in no way be construed as the views of the Company. The Company is not liable to ensure that outgoing e-mails are virus-free. The Company is not liable, should information or data, for whatever reason, be corrupted or fail to reach its intended addressee. The Company is not liable for any loss or damage of whatsoever nature and howsoever arising resulting from the opening or the use of the information in this e-mail, including its attachments and links. The sender of this e-mail is subject to and bound by the terms and conditions of Company+IBk-s Electronic Communications Usage Policy. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org