[plug] Redhat/RPM dependency question

[Steve Grasso]

Hi Pete,

On Monday 20 August 2001 10:51, Peter Wright wrote:
[snip]
> While I'd appreciate if someone can just off the top of their head tell me
> which package provides the libfam.so.0 file, 

ftp://rpmfind.net/linux/rawhide/1.0/i386/RedHat/RPMS/fam-2.6.4-10.i386.rpm

> I'd appreciate it even more if
> you could tell me (or drop a subtle hint to me :) what the general
> technique is for working out these sort of dependency issues.

1) Aquire patience
2) http://rpmfind.net/ and search on the required dependency.
3) Grab the best fit RPM. Pray you have the same version of RPM.
4) Install/upgrade the package
5) Find the next failed dependency
6) Deep breaths.....1......2......
7) Repeat 2-6 as required or until your system fails to respond

If anyone has a better system, I'd like to hear about it.

> This is a Redhat 7.1/i386 system at work (I am used to Debian[0]).
[snip]
> [0] ...and I think it's spoiled me. :)

Yes, it has!

Cheers,
Steve