On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 09:11:49 -0700, Michael Stenner <mstenner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sun, Mar 27, 2005 at 09:00:51PM +0000, THUFIR HAWAT wrote: > > recursively, how do you find all the dependancies required for a > > particular package? > > Hey Thufir, > > If you just want to install a package, do "yum install foo". Yum > automatically calculates the deps recursively. You can use the > --download-only option if you just want to download them. If you just > want the info, then you'll have to program in python and use the yum > libs. > > -Michael > > P.S. Sorry to hear about that thing with the Harkonen's. They > treatin' you OK? heh, all's ok, thanks for asking :) I did: "yum grouplist 'X Window System'", but I'm not sure what the next step is, "yum install 'X Window System'"? I'll reboot and give it a try :) Thufir
