[plug] Redhat/RPM dependency question

Chris Crawford chris at linuxwa.com.au
Mon Aug 20 12:01:42 WST 2001


Greg Mildenhall wrote:

> On Mon, 20 Aug 2001, Steve Grasso wrote:
> > Hi Pete,
> > On Monday 20 August 2001 10:51, Peter Wright wrote:
> > > 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.
>
> I've got Debian.
>
> Well, you asked.
>
> -Greg Mildenhall

Debian is the way to go :)

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