How to check for required dependences?

nidua18 · 09-25-2003, 09:50 PM

As most apps in linux have some dependencies which need to be installed beforehand how would I go about checking my system if they are there or not?

jailbait · 09-25-2003, 11:22 PM

"how would I go about checking my system if they are there or not?"

This depends on how your distribution manages packages. What distribution are you using?

If you using an rpm based distribution then you can use the rpm --test function. For example, suppose that you want to check the dependencies of a package called tracker-2.3-6.i386.rpm which you have downloaded to a file called /root/downloads. Then the command to check for missing dependencies is:

rpm --test -i /root/downloads/tracker-2.3-6.i386.rpm

nidua18 · 09-25-2003, 11:45 PM

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Originally posted by jailbait
rpm --test -i /root/downloads/tracker-2.3-6.i386.rpm

Hmm, I'm beginning to like it more and more, learning something new every day. Well, back to the topic. I am using RH9 so the procedule you described will be very helpful but is there a simular way of testing with applications I compile?

jailbait · 09-26-2003, 10:46 AM

"but is there a simular way of testing with applications I compile?"

./configure checks for missing dependencies without actually installing anything on your system. Nothing on your system actually changes until you do make install.