Comments on: How To Simulate Linux Package Upgrade Without Installing Anything ( Dry Run ) http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/debian-ubuntu-linux-simulate-package-upgrade/ Every answer asks a more beautiful question. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:55:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ramesh | The Geek Stuffhttp://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/debian-ubuntu-linux-simulate-package-upgrade/#comment-38248 Ramesh | The Geek Stuff Tue, 08 Jul 2008 00:43:09 +0000 http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/?p=1168#comment-38248 Vivek, I totally agree with you. I don't install anything without first doing a dry-run. Even if you are just installing a single package, it is good to do a dry run to make sure it works properly before really installing it. On a side note, if you are installing a package using rpm, you can perform the following to test it before installing it. rpm -ivh package-name.rpm --test Ramesh <a href="http://www.thegeekstuff.com" rel="nofollow">The Geek Stuff</a> Vivek,

I totally agree with you. I don’t install anything without first doing a dry-run. Even if you are just installing a single package, it is good to do a dry run to make sure it works properly before really installing it.

On a side note, if you are installing a package using rpm, you can perform the following to test it before installing it.

rpm -ivh package-name.rpm –test

Ramesh
The Geek Stuff

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