Re: Figuring out dependencies?

[ABrady <kcsmart kc rr com>]

On Wed, 08 Aug 2001 11:33:16 -0500 (CDT) "John N. Alegre"
<listhub libros andante mn org> imparted to us:

> Hi list ....
> 
> I understand about rpm and dependencies.  However when I see something
> like:
> 
> [root valencia jna]# rpm -ivh --test konverse-0.2-1_rh6.i386.rpm
> error: failed dependencies:
>         libDCOP.so.1 is needed by konverse-0.2-1
>         libkdecore.so.3 is needed by konverse-0.2-1
>         libkdefakes.so.3 is needed by konverse-0.2-1
>         libkdeui.so.3 is needed by konverse-0.2-1
>         libmng.so.0 is needed by konverse-0.2-1
> 
> how can I figure out what rpms something like libDCOP.so.1 belongs to.
>  I know
> if I can find an older file rpm -qf <filename> will give me the
> package name,
> but in this case
> 
> [root valencia jna]# locate libDCOP
> 
> returns nada.  Please don't just answer for libDCOP.  I am looking for
> a
> general solution.

Goto rpmfind.net and put it in the searchbox. It finds most. Those it
misses are too new to be listed or they're not listed with one of the
sites they mirror. In those case, searching google has almost always
sorted out the rest.

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