Re: Dependency aware package removal.

[Don Buchholz <buchholz easystreet com>]

How about writing a script using "rpm -q --whatrequires" to
list all the dependent packages, and then build a full list
of packages to pass on to "rpm -e"?


Awais Riaz wrote:

> But what it can't do (and what I'm after) is remove
> all the packages depending on that package (and so
> on...). The same applies to package groups. Without
> this functionality package removal can be quite a
> tedious job.
>
> I'm thinking of using yum with the local rpmdb to do
> this. AFAIK, using yum with the local rpmdb and
> up2date  
> both should cause no problems. This way I can use yum
> to install and remove packages and dependencies and
> up2date to download the latest errata and updates.
>
>
> Cheers,
>
> Awais
>  
>
> --- Joshua Baker-LePain <jlb17 duke edu> wrote:
>
>  
>
> > On Fri, 29 Jul 2005 at 3:24am, Awais Riaz wrote
> >
> >    
> >
> > > I'm new to RHEL4 and have a question that has been
> > > bothering me.
> > >
> > > Is there a proper 'Redhat way' of removing
> > >      
> > packages in
> >    
> >
> > > a dependency aware manner on systems without X
> > >      
> > (and
> >    
> >
> > > hence no system-config-packages)? Coming from a
> > > background using apt and yum, I find it strange
> > >      
> > that
> >    
> >
> > > up2date doesn't provide this functionality. I've
> > >      
> > been
> >    
> >
> > > taking this functionality for granted for years
> > >      
> > with
> >    
> >
> > > other package management systems and am suprised
> > >      
> > not
> >    
> >
> > > to find an out-of-the-box, all-in-one,  fully
> > > functional package management solution in RHEL4.
> > >      
> > Am I
> >    
> >
> > > missing something? 
> > >      
> > Erm, 'rpm -e' will refuse to remove a package if
> > others depend on it.
> >
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> > Department of Biomedical Engineering
> > Duke University
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