On Wed, 2006-03-01 at 19:43 -0500, Robert Moskowitz wrote: > At 07:08 PM 3/1/2006, Johnny Hughes wrote: > >On Wed, 2006-03-01 at 18:38 -0500, Robert Moskowitz wrote: > > > I want to just see what will happen (ie success, or some dependencies > > > still cannot be met) with: > > > > > > yum localinstall whatever.rpm > > > > > > I ASSuME (I have googled for this, but it is not clear) that > > > localinstall will take the rpm, install it, and go to the yum repro > > > to meet any outstanding dependencies. > > > > > > I just want to test this right now, not actually do it. I want to > > > know what yum would install from the repro as well. > > > > > > > > > >localinstall: > >Is used to install a set of local rpm files. If required the enabled > >repositories will be used to resolve dependencies. > > > >localupdate: > >Is used to update the system by specifying local rpm files. Only the > >specified rpm files of which an older version is already installed will > >be installed, the remaining specified packages will be ignored. If > >required the enabled repositories will be used to resolve dependencies. > > > >SO ... yep, that is exactly how it works. > > But I don't want it to do the actual install. I just want it to go > through the motions and check to see that IF it actually were > installed and the repro in my yum.conf is used, that all dependencies > are satisfied, and to report what had to be added to meet any > currently unsatsified dependencies. > > Why do I want to do this? > > Curiosity? > > Fear? > > Doubt? > > Gee. I Scalix v 10 now comes with JRE and Tomcat to install (if you > want them for the features they add to Scalix). But Scalix is set > for a RedHat install. Perhaps there are java things that are in > RedHat (because it costs money?) that are not automagically in > Centos. If so, then I would get unmet dependencies. > > Also Scalix installs these within its installer, and somehow (I AM > going to ask them), that don't think they use yum, just expect all > dependencies to already be met. So I COULD meet the dependencies > separately, then let Scalix install these tools. > > Sound 'extreme'? Hey, I am not proficient in this stuff, and > anything like this that increases my understanding with not too much > pain, should be at least tried.... > > > Yum asks for conformation ... so do the command and be Nancy Reagan ... "just say no" :) -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20060301/bde4ef9e/attachment-0004.sig>