[SOLVED] dependencies

michijo · 11-01-2012, 11:06 AM

Is there a clean way to check for dependencies that may already be installed beyond user's knowledge? Like if I want to install Gnash, and it requires agg and xulrunner, before I install those as well, a simple command like "which" to locate them?

solarfields · 11-01-2012, 11:14 AM

where are you installing Gnash from?

michijo · 11-01-2012, 11:19 AM

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Originally Posted by solarfields

where are you installing Gnash from?

http://slackbuilds.org/result/?search=gnash&sv=13.37

comfree · 11-01-2012, 11:21 AM

You can always list all installed packages on your system by typing:

Code:

ls -l /var/log/packages

You can grep out the package you are searching for. In your case a dependency:

Code:

ls -l /var/log/packages | grep <packagename>

If you installed programs, maybe from sourcecodes or whatever you can use find:

Code:

find / -name <name>

solarfields · 11-01-2012, 11:21 AM

well, i usually check what I have installed with pkgtool
actually, if you are using sbopkg and install Gnash from its build queue, dependencies that are already present will be indicated as installed

michijo · 11-01-2012, 11:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by comfree

You can always list all installed packages on your system by typing:

Code:

ls -l /var/log/packages

You can grep out the package you are searching for. In your case a dependency:

Code:

ls -l /var/log/packages | grep <packagename>

If you installed programs, maybe from sourcecodes or whatever you can use find:

Code:

find / -name <name>

The grep line seems to work good.

michijo · 11-01-2012, 12:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by solarfields

well, i usually check what I have installed with pkgtool
actually, if you are using sbopkg and install Gnash from its build queue, dependencies that are already present will be indicated as installed

I just installed sbopkg. Do you recommend installed all the updates for various packages it finds?

solarfields · 11-01-2012, 03:10 PM

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Do you recommend installed all the updates for various packages it finds?

I am sorry, what do you mean exactly?

michijo · 11-01-2012, 03:23 PM

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Originally Posted by solarfields

I am sorry, what do you mean exactly?

I was using slapt-get to update my system before, but apparently it never updated any packages I installed from Slackbuilds.org. now I run sbopkg and it is updating them for the first time. I was suspicious of so many updates. Normally I install most packages the slow way of downloading them and their dependencies manually from slackbuilds.org.

solarfields · 11-01-2012, 03:34 PM

SBo is not a repository for precompiled packages, so to the best of my knowledge slapt-get will do nothing with it.

What version of Slackware are you using?
Did you use some 3rd part repo for slapt-get, like slacky.eu?

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Normally I install most packages the slow way of downloading them and their dependencies manually from slackbuilds.org.

sbopkg does this for you, simply it is a bit more automated. It is left up to you to decide what to upgrade.

michijo · 11-01-2012, 03:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by solarfields

SBo is not a repository for precompiled packages, so to the best of my knowledge slapt-get will do nothing with it.

What version of Slackware are you using?
Did you use some 3rd part repo for slapt-get, like slacky.eu?

sbopkg does this for you, simply it is a bit more automated. It is left up to you to decide what to upgrade.

So far most of the upgrades I tried dont work, as no dependencies are resolved. Is there a way to update packages manually without sbopkg? Like ffmpeg couldnt update, because something else was out of date. Also, couldnt install gnash, as NSPR or something was missing.

solarfields · 11-01-2012, 03:42 PM

Please tell us this:

What version of Slackware are you using?
Did you use some 3rd part repo for slapt-get, like slacky.eu?

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Is there a way to update packages manually without sbopkg?

of course, download everything from SBo the "old fashioned way", run the SlackBuild, the ready package will be placed in /tmp. then upgrade it with

# upgradepkg /tmp/package-$ARCH-$BUILD_SBo.tgz

It is up to you to resolve the dependencies

michijo · 11-01-2012, 06:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by solarfields

Please tell us this:

What version of Slackware are you using?
Did you use some 3rd part repo for slapt-get, like slacky.eu?

of course, download everything from SBo the "old fashioned way", run the SlackBuild, the ready package will be placed in /tmp. then upgrade it with

# upgradepkg /tmp/package-$ARCH-$BUILD_SBo.tgz

It is up to you to resolve the dependencies

I cant really recall where I got slapt-get. I usually use trusted sources. I just upgraded to Slackware 13.37.

Ah, so those tgz filse are still in temp eh? I should look around there. I suppose one could also do

# upgradepkg /tmp/*.tgz

like a wildcard maybe to do a complete check on possible upgrades.

zrdc28 · 11-02-2012, 09:05 PM

This the way I do it! locate xulrunner