On Sat, 7 Aug 2004 garima@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > hi > > i want my rpm to check certain softwares installed and then only it should > install. > i used Requires prefix in my spec file but it can check only for the > packages installed by RPM,not through a tar.gz file. > can someone plz give a script or so that can check for these dependencies. > for ex. i want j2sdk1.4.0 or greater should be installed before my rpm > etc. > > regards > garima > > > _______________________________________________ > Rpm-list mailing list > Rpm-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rpm-list > You have to create a "fake" dependency or in the "Red Hat RPM Guide", a virtual dependency. This is discussed on pp. 413-414 of the above book. An example would be : Summary: Use to generate virtual package of NVidia and MKL stuff. Vendor: Endocardial Solutions, Inc. Name: libguide.so Version: 1 Release: 4.3 Group: DWS License: Copyright 1997-2003, Endocardial Solutions, Inc. %description Create virtual package specifying libguide.so as a virtual package. Provides: libguide.so %prep # Nothing to do %build # Nothing to do %install # Nothing to do %clean # Nothing to do %files # No files in a virtual package. I named my .spec file 'libguide.so.spec'. Regards, Sandra Carney _______________________________________________ Rpm-list mailing list Rpm-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rpm-list
