Re: What tools to use for multipackage download and install?

[Toralf Lund <toralf procaptura com>]

Toralf Lund wrote:

> Aaron Hanson wrote:
>
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: rpm-list-admin@redhat.com [mailto:rpm-list-admin@redhat.com] On
> > >   
> >
> > Behalf Of Tom Diehl
> >  
> >
> > > Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2004 8:09 AM
> > > To: RPM Mailing List
> > > Subject: Re: What tools to use for multipackage download and install?
> > >
> > >
> > > On Thu, 8 Jan 2004, Toralf Lund wrote:
> > >
> > >   
> > >
> > > > We have some software for Linux, mainly Red Hat 7.3 or 9, distributed
> > > > across the net in the form of multiple, interdependent rpm packages.
> > > >     
> > A  
> >
> > > > user will typically install one "application" package that utilises a
> > > >     
> >
> >  
> >
> > > > number of custom "base" or "library" packages. These in turn rely 
> > > > on "OS" packages, as well as some external freeware packages that 
> > > > are somewhat non-standard and may or may not be installed already; we
> > > >     
> > also  
> >
> > > > provide our own versions of these in case they are needed.
> > > >     
> > >
> > > Have a look at either yum (http://linux.duke.edu/yum/) or apt-rpm. Yum
> > >   
> >
> > will allow things like yum >install foo. Where foo is the package name
> > you want to install. It will resolve the deps and pull >in the needed
> > packages for you (assuming they are available). I am told apt-rpm will
> > do the same >thing although I have no personal experience with it.
> >
> >     Recent versions of rpm have some good support for automatic
> > dependency resolution built right in; the --aid option. First, use
> > 'rpmcache' to create the reference database. Then, adjust the following
> > macros in the target system. Example:
> >
> >    %_solve_dbpath
> > /usr/lib/rpmdb/%{_arch}-%{_vendor}-%{_os}/redhat
> >    %_solve_pkgsdir         /8.0/i386/
> >    %_solve_name_fmt
> > %{?_solve_pkgsdir}%%{NAME}-%%{VERSION}-%%{RELEASE}.%%{ARCH}.rpm
> >
> >     Then, 'rpm -i --aid <package>' should be hands-free. Here's one
> > caveat:
> >
> > http://www.redhat.com/mailman/private/rpm-list/2003-January/msg00075.htm
> > l
> >
> >     Hope this helps.
> >  
> I'm afraid it doesn't really. I have no access to the target systems, 
> neither can I expect the installers to do operations like this, I think.

... but 'rpm --aid' might perhaps be an options if you could use a 
remote cache, and specify its location on the command-line. Is that 
possible?

> - Toralf
>
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