>-----Original Message----- >From: rpm-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:rpm-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Tom Diehl >Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2004 8:09 AM >To: RPM Mailing List >Subject: Re: What tools to use for multipackage download and install? > > >On Thu, 8 Jan 2004, Toralf Lund wrote: > >> We have some software for Linux, mainly Red Hat 7.3 or 9, distributed >> across the net in the form of multiple, interdependent rpm packages. A >> user will typically install one "application" package that utilises a >> number of custom "base" or "library" packages. These in turn rely on >> "OS" packages, as well as some external freeware packages that are >> somewhat non-standard and may or may not be installed already; we also >> provide our own versions of these in case they are needed. > >Have a look at either yum (http://linux.duke.edu/yum/) or apt-rpm. Yum will allow things like yum >install foo. Where foo is the package name you want to install. It will resolve the deps and pull >in the needed packages for you (assuming they are available). I am told apt-rpm will do the same >thing although I have no personal experience with it. Recent versions of rpm have some good support for automatic dependency resolution built right in; the --aid option. First, use 'rpmcache' to create the reference database. Then, adjust the following macros in the target system. Example: %_solve_dbpath /usr/lib/rpmdb/%{_arch}-%{_vendor}-%{_os}/redhat %_solve_pkgsdir /8.0/i386/ %_solve_name_fmt %{?_solve_pkgsdir}%%{NAME}-%%{VERSION}-%%{RELEASE}.%%{ARCH}.rpm Then, 'rpm -i --aid <package>' should be hands-free. Here's one caveat: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/private/rpm-list/2003-January/msg00075.htm l Hope this helps. -Aaron _______________________________________________ Rpm-list mailing list Rpm-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rpm-list
