Stephen Harris wrote:
> I've taken over a CentOS machine. The previous SA had a habit of using
> the --nodeps flag to rpm to remove packages (he was trying to build a
> small server and removed packages he felt weren't needed). I have a
> horrible feeling that this has resulted in some required dependencies
> no longer being met. The server kinda-works, but it may break in
> unexpected ways; I don't like being surprised!
>
> Is there an easy way to determine what rpms might be missing? I'd hoped
> to use something like "rpm -qR" against each of the installed packages,
> but that output isn't simply converted to rpm package names.
>
> Any guidance appreciated!
>
> Thanks,
>
Try something like this:
yum reinstall $(yum list installed | awk '{print $1}')
It should force reinstall and ask for dependencies in the process, but I
do not have any broken system to try if it works.
Ljubomir