RPM |needs | conflicts with |provides |is on -------------------------------------------------------------- foo base system bar foo install #1 Gfoo foo / Gnome XfooGui install #2 Kfoo foo / KDE XfooGui install #2
And yes if you have a running system you can use RPM tools but this could also be used with contribs and other alternate sources even if the
system grabbing the file is not the target system (or even a LINUX system)
Climbing the dep tree is not fun if you don't have highspeed
