how to auto download and install dependencies

rjvdh · 08-16-2003, 11:19 AM

Hello,
I know there is a way to auto download and install dependencies. So NOT the update issue in RH 9.0 but just for missing dependencies.
Who knows what to do?
I work with Yost and tar.

Thanx for any help

devoyage · 08-16-2003, 03:53 PM

if you're talking about FreeBSD, the 'ports' package does all that automatically. 'cd /usr/ports' and check out what's there. when you know what you want, cd into the directory and do 'make install clean'. This will download,verify, and install all dependancies.

This is the same as NetBSD's /usr/pkg directory. I don't know what it's called in OpenBSD.

php · 08-16-2003, 04:08 PM

FreeBSD.org's handbook is a great resource for learning to work with independent parts of the system, ie. ports.

nullpt · 09-07-2003, 04:32 PM

If you install something via ports it will download and install the dependencies. If for some reasons u cant install the depended packet (i.e. source error), u can fetch the binary packet using pkg_add -r and when the port system checks if the dependency exists, it will be installed and you wont have the errors u had previously.