try man urpm. urpmi is a bit like apt-get for Debian, it will install your application and any dependancies as well. I think all rpm tools just tell you the dependancies, but urpmi will install the for you as well. HTH Martin
> -----Original Message----- > From: Mohammed Arafa [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Sunday, 23 December 2001 23:23 > To: Mandrake Newbie List > Subject: [newbie] dependency tree > > > greetings > i was just reading my backlog of mail from the list and i m > sorry to say > that i have to agree (not totally but somewhat) with wendy on > something. > > say u d/l abc.rpm which needs def.rpm which in turn needs ghi.rpm > > so i was wondering ... > a. how do i find out the dependency tree of a specific program? > b. is there a program that lists these dependencies automatically? > i ask the second q. coz tiem and again rpmdrake/kpackage > allows me to begin > the install then says dependcies needed and then i have to waste time > looking for that rpm. plus. some 1 mentioned auto d/l of dependencies. > c. how do i enable autod/l? > > thx > > > > _________________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com >
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