-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Raghavendra B wrote: > On 10/21/05, Sean O Sullivan <seanos@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >>Ed Wilts wrote: >> >>>On Fri, Oct 21, 2005 at 11:46:47AM +0530, Komal wrote: >>> >>> >>>>>Use yum. >>>>>"yum install mysqlclient" >>>>>or 'yum install mysql-server' >>>>> >>>>>Read into yum - it's there to deal with dependencies so you don't >>>> have to. yum is very useful fort his kind of thing. try this: yum localinstall mysql-3.23.58-9.i386.rpm > how abt trying > rpm -ivh --aid <package name> > --aid option does take care of the dependencies and will install the > dependent packages also. > plz let me know if i am right or wrong. in some circumstances you are correct. this would require an up to date local database of all the dependencies for these packages - on RHEL systems this is provided by the rpmdb-redhat package. Which, if you update your system regularly (as you arguably should) get quickly out of date. It doesn't actually tell rpm where to find dependencies either, hence the use of yum (and on RHEL, up2date) to install packages... Regards, Stuart - -- Stuart Sears RHCE RHCX printk("Penguin %d is stuck in the bottle.\n", i); linux-2.0.38/arch/sparc/kernel/smp.c -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Fedora - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFDXPSnamPtx1brPQ4RAr/cAJ9e3qOJdjZSWRvTXHr3FTX6kev/LQCfQPwg 8st4Lf1Y8jVhX2K3yarVnLo= =fDjk -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list