Dirk Moolman wrote:
> I just tried installing a package on my version of Linux (SLES 9) - I
> got the following result:
> 
> 
> rpm -i sysstat-5.0.1-35.1.i586.rpm
> 
> error: Failed dependencies:
>         gnuplot is needed by sysstat-5.0.1-35.1
> 
> 
> 
> Is there a command (except for rpm -i), to check for dependencies before
> I try to install a package ?
> 
> 
> Dirk
> 

Try this:

rpm --whatrequires 'name-of-the-package'

Also, the commands:

rpm --help

info rpm

will bring better information.

Kind regards
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