On Tue, 2004-12-14 at 08:32 -0500, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > recently, i tried to install the perl-based "kwiki" package on my > FC3 system. Presumably you were installing this as an rpm. > what does it mean to have a listed dependency of "perl(XXX:YYY)"? > do i really have to satisfy that dependency with an explicit RPM > install? That the rpm requires an rpm which provides "perl(XXX:YYY)". Typically this will be provided by the perl-XXX-YYY rpm, which is a rpm packaging of the perl XXX:YYY module. Remember rpm knows nothing about perl, nor even about whats on your machine. It only knows whats in the rpm database - you install things without rpm (and so do not update the rpm database), then as far as rpm is concerned they do not exist. Nigel. > o/rpm-list -- [ Nigel Metheringham Nigel.Metheringham@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ] [ - Comments in this message are my own and not ITO opinion/policy - ] _______________________________________________ Rpm-list mailing list Rpm-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rpm-list
