Re: [SLUG] How to install about 150 rpms?

[CaT <cat@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, Feb 10, 2002 at 09:49:52PM +1100, lukekendall@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Anyway, I now have a temporary directory with 144 rpm files.
> 
> So my question is, is there a utility that will work out which rpm
> files provide which dependencies, and work out the order to install
> them all?  It would be less tedious than compiling from source, to work
> out by hand what the right install order would be, but surely this must
> be a common problem?

Well you can try the kludgy way. :))

I haven't played with rpm's since my 2 month stint with redhat a few
years ago but if it isn't interactive then this might be a very nasty
kludgy goer:

for i in ./*; do rpm -Uhv $i; done 2>&1 | tee /tmp/foo

then run it over and over again until you either see no dependancy
warnings, only looped dependancy warnings or dependancies which are not
met by the stuff in that directory.

It's nasty but it -might- work or at least make your life a wee bit
easier. :)

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