--aid Add suggested packages to the transaction set when needed.

$ cd /media/RHEL5.1\ x86_64\ DVD/Server/
$ rpm -ivh hwbrowser-<version>-noarch.rpm --aid

The output still indicates that the pyparted is needed, installation aborted.
I thought that the --aid will help to solve the dependency issue. Do I misunderstand something?

Is there a way to solve dependency issue for RHEL, like YaST for SuSE?

Install apt4rpm. It's a port of the Debian apt-get system of software management and dependency resolution to the rpm format. You must edit /etc/apt/sources.list to add the proper repositories for your rpm-based distro. After that, apt-get takes care of resolving dependencies.

Is the pyparted package available? If not or the package available was the wrong one, that won't work.

If you have both packages, you could include both of them as arguments your rpm command. This also helps if you have a circular dependency problem.

You could also use your package manager as well. It will select dependencies for you.
I think it is called "system-config-packages" on Fedora Core.

5.1 should be using yum.

yum install hwbrowser

I cannot find any packages that are NOT installed via system-config-packages. Is it because my Red Hat is not registered with RHN?
# yum install hwbrowser-<version>.noarch.rpm
Loading "rhnplugin" plugin
Loading "installonlyn" plugin
Loading "security" plugin
This system is not registered with RHN.
RHN support will be disabled.
Setting up Install Process
Setting up repositories
No Repositories Available to Set Up
Reading repository metadata in from local files
Parsing package install arguments
Examining hwbrowser-0.30-1.el5.noarch.rpm: hwbrowser - 0.30-1.el5.noarch
Marking hwbrowser-0.30-1.el5.noarch.rpm to be installed
Setting up repositories
No Repositories Available to Set Up
Reading repository metadata in from local files
Resolving Dependencies
--> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait.
---> Package hwbrowser.noarch 0:0.30-1.el5 set to be updated
--> Running transaction check
--> Processing Dependency: pyparted >= 1.6 for package: hwbrowser
--> Finished Dependency Resolution
Error: Missing Dependency: pyparted >= 1.6 is needed by package hwbrowser

Yep. Centos is RHEL with the logos removed. It is binary compatible with RHEL. You can use their repositories instead of RH's. Centos is free to download. www.centos.org


http://www.centos.org/modules/newbb/...?topic_id=7905