[ILUG] Linux Newbie - Basic Question RPM

[Ryan, Philip]

try rpm -qf ld-linux.os.2 to find out what package contains this lib ... and
then get the latest package ...

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Justin MacCarthy [SMTP:macarthy at iol.ie]
> Sent:	Monday, March 06, 2000 10:45 AM
> To:	ilug at linux.ie
> Subject:	[ILUG] Linux Newbie - Basic Question RPM
> 
>  Hi, very simple question,but couldn't find an answer in the MAN pages...
> 
> I'm new to RPM, and I was trying to install a package yesterday.
> 
> When I ran rpm -i <package> I got a a message telling me that I was
> missing
> dependencies
> ,ld-linux.os.2  and a load of others. Do I need to install other packages
> first, ie the packages which contain these libs ????? If so how can I find
> out which packages contain these libs????
> 
> I'm currently running RedHat 6.0 ...
> 
> Be gentle ....
> Thanks
> 
> ~Justin MacCarthy
> 
> 
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