Re: test for package dependencies without installing

2009-02-16 Thread Paul Yeatman
->>In response to your message<<- --received from Ink Bottle-- > > > I've found this little script around something > I've heared about recently; it's a command dedicated > to check dependencies. > I don't know it it can be of some use. > It's been hard to make it work (that's the bad part :)

Re: test for package dependencies without installing

2009-02-16 Thread Ink Bottle
OT AVAILABLE} It is supposed to be fast at it (and probably other good properties). $ apt-cache show $(dpkg-query -l "*"|grep "ii"|cut -d' ' -f3) $(dpkg-query -l "tetex-bin"|cut -d' ' -f3) The already installed packages, plus, the packages I wan

Re: test for package dependencies without installing

2009-02-16 Thread Paul Yeatman
->>In response to your message<<- --received from Chris Burkhardt-- > > Paul Yeatman wrote: > [...] > >> There is a note in the man page about putting the --no-act flag before the > >> action: > >> > >> $ sudo dpkg --no-act -i texlive-base_2007.dfsg.1-2_all.deb > >> > >> Does that make it beha

Re: test for package dependencies without installing

2009-02-16 Thread Paul Yeatman
Paul Yeatman writes: > > $ sudo dpkg -i --no-act texlive-base_2007.dfsg.1-2_all.deb (Reading > > database ... 138033 files and directories currently installed.) > > Preparing to replace texlive-base 2007.dfsg.1-2 (using > > texlive-base_2007.dfsg.1-2_all.deb) ... > > $ echo $? > > 0 > > > > tel

Re: test for package dependencies without installing

2009-02-16 Thread Chris Burkhardt
Paul Yeatman wrote: [...] >> There is a note in the man page about putting the --no-act flag before the >> action: >> >> $ sudo dpkg --no-act -i texlive-base_2007.dfsg.1-2_all.deb >> >> Does that make it behave as expected? > > I wish but sadly no: > > $ sudo dpkg --no-act -i texlive-base_2007.d

Re: test for package dependencies without installing

2009-02-16 Thread Paul Yeatman
->>In response to your message<<- --received from Michael M. Moore-- > > On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 4:18 PM, Paul Yeatman wrote: > > Hi, I'm wondering if there is a command I can run on a debian > > package that would test for whether all dependencies of that package > > are already installed on

Re: test for package dependencies without installing

2009-02-16 Thread Paul Yeatman
->>In response to your message<<- --received from Chris Burkhardt-- > > Paul Yeatman wrote: > > Hi, I'm wondering if there is a command I can run on a debian package that > > would test for whether all dependencies of that package are already > > installed on the system without actually insta

Re: test for package dependencies without installing

2009-02-16 Thread Paul Yeatman
->>In response to your message<<- --received from Jimmy Johnson-- > > Paul Yeatman wrote: > > Hi, I'm wondering if there is a command I can run on a debian package > that would test for whether all dependencies of that package are already > installed on the system without actually installing th

Re: test for package dependencies without installing

2009-02-15 Thread Michael M. Moore
On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 4:18 PM, Paul Yeatman wrote: > Hi, I'm wondering if there is a command I can run on a debian package that > would test for whether all dependencies of that package are already installed > on the system without actually installing the package if so. This mailing > list t

Re: test for package dependencies without installing

2009-02-13 Thread Chris Burkhardt
Paul Yeatman wrote: > Hi, I'm wondering if there is a command I can run on a debian package that > would test for whether all dependencies of that package are already installed > on the system without actually installing the package if so. This mailing > list thread http://lists.debian.org/debi

Re: test for package dependencies without installing

2009-02-13 Thread Jimmy Johnson
Paul Yeatman wrote: > Hi, I'm wondering if there is a command I can run on a debian package that would test for whether all dependencies of that package are already installed on the system without actually installing the package if so. This mailing list thread http://lists.debian.org/debian-us

test for package dependencies without installing

2009-02-13 Thread Paul Yeatman
Hi, I'm wondering if there is a command I can run on a debian package that would test for whether all dependencies of that package are already installed on the system without actually installing the package if so. This mailing list thread http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2006/09/msg00292.htm