[H-GEN] Linux DVD

Harry Phillips harry at tux.com.au
Fri Jun 20 07:08:27 EDT 2003


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Robert Stuart wrote:
> 
> Yum will automatically look after dependencies for you.  For example, 
> you could do "yum install mplayer" and yum would figure out the 
> dependencies for mplayer and install them along with mplayer.  Rather 
> handy esp in the case of mplayer.  I started using it when I started 
> playing with jpackage java packages and dependencies got rediculous.
> 

Sounds exactly like 'urpmi' on Madrake that I keep harping on about and 
telling anyone that complains of 'dependency hell'.

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Regards,
Harry Phillips
--- Failure is not an option,
     it comes bundled with your Microsoft product.


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