redhat-config-packages missing

[Suman Chakrabarti]

Answered my own question again, showing that Jann is more 
knowledgeable than I. :)

A newbie *can't* skip using --nodeps when using the rpm command 
below, because it still wants rpm-python and so won't install. So 
Jann's command is a "workaround" to access YDL's lower version, as he 
says.

I'll shut up now. :)

		SC


>Answered my own question.
>
>Just run this command without "nodeps" to see what you need. You 
>need "comps-extras".
>
>Then after downloading and installing those items (or using yum), 
>you can run it with "nodeps" to install it.
>
>For newbies like me, it might be easier just to tell them to run
>
>rpm -ivh redhat-config-packages-(whatever version info ends the file name)
>
>		SC
>
>>There's something I don't understand about Jann's post below. I may 
>>have been too simple
>>
>>I was able to download the package and execute
>>
>>rpm -ivh --nodeps redhat-config-packages
>>
>>
>>This didn't check for dependencies and did install the package, 
>>which failed to work because it didn't have required packages.
>>
>>How does the "rpm command tell you which packages are missing"? 
>>There must be some other way of using "rpm" that isn't stated below?
>>
>>		SC
>>
>>>This is a repost of a message I posted:
>>>
>>>-------- Original Message --------
>>>Subject: Missing redhat-config-packages package
>>>Date: Sun, 31 Aug 2003 01:59:03 +0200
>>>From: Jann R=F6der <jann.roeder@web.de>
>>>Reply-To: yellowdog-general@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
>>>To: <yellowdog-general@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com>
>>>
>>>Hi, the package redhat-config-packages package is missing in on the
>>>yellowdog linux FTP server and on the CDs. However you can use the redhat
>>>package: That's how to do it:
>>>
>>>1. Download the the redhat package. It's noarch so that's no problem
>>>ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/current/en/os/i386/RedHat/RPMS/redh=
at-config-packages-1.1.8-1.noarch.rpm
>>>
>>>2. Install the required packages: The rpm command will tell you which one=
s
>>>are missing on my system it was: libxml2-phyton and another one. It does
>>>also require rpm-phyton >=3D4.2-0.61 which is not yet available as a pack=
age
>>>for YDL at the moment. However it will work with the lower version which =
YDL
>>>provides.
>>>
>>>3. install the package: rpm -ivh --nodeps redhat-config-packages
>>>
>>>4. open the file /usr/share/redhat-config-packages/method.py in your
>>>favourite text editor and change line 713 to read: self.packagesDir =3D
>>>"YellowDog/RPMS"
>>>
>>>5. Type redhat-config-packages & to run the utility
>>>
>>>Hope this helps.
>>>
>>>Jann
>>>
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>>><jann.roeder@web.de>
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>>
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>>Thermal / Fluids / Plasma Propulsion Modeling Engineer	(& 
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>>
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>Suman Chakrabarti, Ph.D.
>Thermal / Fluids / Plasma Propulsion Modeling Engineer	(& Kitchen Sink)
>
>TD40 / Propulsion Research Center		<Suman.Chakrabarti@nasa.gov>
>NASA Marshall Space Flight Center		AIM/iChat:  <scstr@mac.com>
>Huntsville, AL  35812
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>
>TD40 is a part of the Space Transportation Directorate at NASA MSFC
>Any opinion expressed is my own and not that of NASA
>
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-- 
Suman Chakrabarti, Ph.D.
Thermal / Fluids / Plasma Propulsion Modeling Engineer	(& Kitchen Sink)

TD40 / Propulsion Research Center		<Suman.Chakrabarti@nasa.gov>
NASA Marshall Space Flight Center		AIM/iChat:  <scstr@mac.com>
Huntsville, AL  35812
			Schedule:	<webcal://ical.mac.com/scstr/Work.ics>

TD40 is a part of the Space Transportation Directorate at NASA MSFC
Any opinion expressed is my own and not that of NASA

"If it's Sumanly possible, it'll be done."