How do I find what dependencies a rpm file has?
RPM is a Package Manager for popular distribution such as Red Hat, Suse and many others. It is a powerful command line package management system for installing uninstalling, verifying, querying, and updating Linux computer software packages.
You can finding out what dependencies a rpm file has i.e. it will tell you what you need to install package with following command:
rpm -qpR {.rpm-file}
rpm -qR {package-name}
Find out what dependencies a uninstalled rpm file called mediawiki-1.4rc1-4.i586.rpm:
# rpm -qpR mediawiki-1.4rc1-4.i586.rpm
It will print list of dependencies on screen (output):
mod_php php-session php-gettext php-zlib php-mysql ImageMagick-Magick++ tetex cjk-latex rpmlib(PayloadFilesHavePrefix)
However RPM has in build mechanism to tell you about dependencies. Just try to install package and it will give you list of dependencies.
# rpm -ivh mediawiki-1.4rc1-4.i586.rpm
Output:
error: Failed dependencies: mod_php is needed by mediawiki-1.4rc1-4 php-session is needed by mediawiki-1.4rc1-4 php-gettext is needed by mediawiki-1.4rc1-4 php-zlib is needed by mediawiki-1.4rc1-4 php-mysql is needed by mediawiki-1.4rc1-4 ImageMagick-Magick++ is needed by mediawiki-1.4rc1-4 tetex is needed by mediawiki-1.4rc1-4 cjk-latex is needed by mediawiki-1.4rc1-4
Note:
- .rpm file: File with .RPM extension. Typically this file is not installed. It may be on CD or you just downloaded from Internet.
- package-name: It is installed RPM file.
You can solve dependencies problem by installing each individual package(s). If you are using Red hat Linux then you can try this tip. If you are using Fedora core Linux then try yum. If you are using Suse linux then use Yast to install rpms.
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July 31st, 2007 at 10:34 am
First thanks for help ,i can’t install Python 2.3.4-2.aix5.1.ppc.rpm without error dependencies libcrypto.a,libgdbm.a,libssl.a ;
any experiences in installing “AIX rpms” for this inconvenient? with –nodeps ???