[opensuse] Simple RPM question
Hello guys, Is there a way to remove a package and ALL its dependencies? For example, I installed mplayer and I had to install 9 other packages to satisfy dependencies. If I no longer want mplayer I'll do this: rpm -q --last to see the last packages I installed. I"ll then do "rpm -e" with EACH one of them. I noticed that you can only specify one package with the remove switch...It will be great If I could "rpm -e this,that,the-other-one, blabla" or something like "rpm -e MPlayer --along-dependencies" :) (if and only those packages are needed only by MPlayer of course...). I'm not interested in a shell script. I just would like to know if there's a switch I'm missing (I read the man page but found nothing). Thanks! Jorge -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Jorge Fábregas wrote:
Hello guys,
Is there a way to remove a package and ALL its dependencies? For example, I installed mplayer and I had to install 9 other packages to satisfy dependencies. If I no longer want mplayer I'll do this:
rpm -q --last
to see the last packages I installed. I"ll then do "rpm -e" with EACH one of them. I noticed that you can only specify one package with the remove switch...It will be great If I could "rpm -e this,that,the-other-one, blabla" or something like "rpm -e MPlayer --along-dependencies" :) (if and only those packages are needed only by MPlayer of course...).
And therein lies the catch. To do what you would suggest you would have to have to recode rpm to do what you are talking about. And what's so bad about a shell script? I'll grant you, it's not easy, but if I wanted easy I would have stayed with Microsoft. On the plus side, you don't have to wait around for somebody to recode rpm (of course, you could also attempt that). -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Let's make it clear: RPM does not resolve dependencies. Not for install and not for uninstall. Basically this means, that you should use Yast: it can remove unneeded dependencies, yes. RPM is low-level package manager. Yast is hi-level package manager. -- -Alexey Eremenko "Technologov" -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Monday May 21 2007 11:12:16 am Alexey Eremenko wrote:
Let's make it clear: RPM does not resolve dependencies. Not for install and not for uninstall.
Correct. YaST/Smart/Apt/whatever-your-choice-of-package-manager-is all use RPM to check and report dependencies that an RPM package requires against the RPM database of packages. It is still left up to us humans to resolve any reported conflicting or missing dependencies. That's why we get paid the big bucks and not RPM.
Basically this means, that you should use Yast: it can remove unneeded dependencies, yes.
YaST/Smart/Apt/whatever-your-choice-of-package-manager-is; Yes, use a package manager to inform you of conflicts and allow you to deal with them. You can do this maunally on the command line via rpm if GUI is too much trouble.
RPM is low-level package manager. As low a level as you can go using RPM...
Yast is hi-level package manager. A nice GUII wrapper may be more to the point.
-- -Alexey Eremenko "Technologov"
What was the question? Seems like you know the answers already.?.? -- Stan -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Monday 21 May 2007 2:48 pm, S Glasoe wrote:
What was the question? Seems like you know the answers already.?.?
Thanks guys for the comments. I'm 95% sure that I can't do what I want to do with rpm. I just wanted to make sure that there in fact ISN'T an option to accomplish what I want. Jorge -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Op Monday 21 May 2007 17:13:57 schreef Jorge Fábregas:
Is there a way to remove a package and ALL its dependencies? For example, I installed mplayer and I had to install 9 other packages to satisfy dependencies. If I no longer want mplayer I'll do this:
rpm -q --last
to see the last packages I installed. I"ll then do "rpm -e" with EACH one of them. I noticed that you can only specify one package with the remove switch...It will be great If I could "rpm -e this,that,the-other-one, blabla" or something like "rpm -e MPlayer --along-dependencies" :) (if and only those packages are needed only by MPlayer of course...).
I'm not interested in a shell script. I just would like to know if there's a switch I'm missing (I read the man page but found nothing).
rpmorphan? Alright here is a webpage ;) http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/repositories/home:/rbos/openSUSE_10.2/repod... -- Richard Bos We are borrowing the world of our children, It is not inherited from our parents. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Monday 21 May 2007 2:44 pm, Richard Bos wrote:
rpmorphan?
Arrrrrrrrrrrrgh Richard this is great !!!!!!! I had NO IDEA this existed. THANKS! That would help in cleaning da'house a little bit !! All the best, Jorge -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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