seth vidal wrote: > On Thu, 2005-04-28 at 17:39 -0400, Jim Bartus wrote: > >>Is there a simple programmatic way to generate a list of every package >>that needs to be installed to meet the requirements of a given package? >> Basically a dry run of what yum is made for but without being smart >>and ignoring those dependencies which are already met. >> >>For instance "yum --what-would-be-needed-for php" would recursively go >>through and generate a list of all packages that php requires, and all >>the packages that those packages require, etc. >> > > > You mean EVERYTHING? > > if so try a yum --installroot=/some/path/ install php > > yum should try to do an entirely new and exciting install in that new > path. And since nothing is in that new path then it will install all > those things required for php. > > -sv > Sure but I just want the list, not for anything to actually install. -jim
