Hi there, To touch on the rpm dependencies aspect. I also found this to be problem as a newbie, and was saved by the "APT" program too. All you need to do is... 1. Go to http://apt.freshrpms.net and choose your dist version. (Mine is RH7.3) 2. Download the APT version for your dist.. I needed "apt-0.3.19cnc55-fr8.i386.rpm" 3. Install it... "rpm -ivh apt-0.3.19cnc55-fr8.i386.rpm" 4. Then change to root "su -" 5. Run "apt-get update" (Updates DB) 6. Run "apt-get install <nameofpackage>" For example, to download Quake3, just type "apt-get install quake3" Bingo! * Exclude the quotes from the commands ;) Unfortunately, not every package is available on APT but its still worth looking at. Hope this was all clear? ---Original Message----- From: J. A. Landamore [mailto:jal@mcs.le.ac.uk] Sent: Thu 7/11/2002 11:48 AM To: rpm-list@redhat.com Cc: Subject: What provides I am a SPARC Solaris admin who has had the management of a few RH PCs dropped on him after a security scare, hence the naivity of this question. How do I find out which package provides a file? I've looked quickly at the documentation but all I can find is rpm -q --whatprovides <x> This doesn't work if the source package isn't on the system. We did a minimal install and the user now wants another couple of packages added. Getting those packages is no problem, but they won't install because of dependancy problems. It appears that I need to interrogate the main RH site that contains all the packages, how do I do that? Thanks for any help provided John Landamore _______________________________________________ Rpm-list mailing list Rpm-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rpm-list
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