CentOS - May 2010 - Resolving dependencies from the command-line

CenOS 5.4 x64

I'm stuck at the command-line.  I'm only familiar with the RPM
command, but AFAIK, that cannot automatically resolve any dependencies
when installing packages.

Is there a command-line utility that I can force to automatically
install all the dependencies for a particular package?  I seem to
remember a new UI was added recently that could, but I have to
complete this from a prompt.

Marco

Marco Shaw wrote:
> CenOS 5.4 x64
>  
> Is there a command-line utility that I can force to automatically
> install all the dependencies for a particular package?  
yum?

mg.

Am Donnerstag, den 06.05.2010, 18:22 +0200 schrieb Marco
Shaw:
> CenOS 5.4 x64
>
> I'm stuck at the command-line.  I'm only familiar with the RPM
> command, but AFAIK, that cannot automatically resolve any dependencies
> when installing packages.
>
> Is there a command-line utility that I can force to automatically
> install all the dependencies for a particular package?  I seem to
> remember a new UI was added recently that could, but I have to
> complete this from a prompt.
>
> Marco

http://www.centos.org/docs/5/html/yum/




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> CenOS 5.4 x64
>
> I'm stuck at the command-line.  I'm only familiar with the RPM
> command, but AFAIK, that cannot automatically resolve any dependencies
> when installing packages.
>
> Is there a command-line utility that I can force to automatically
> install all the dependencies for a particular package?  I seem to
> remember a new UI was added recently that could, but I have to
> complete this from a prompt.
>
Several folks have already pointed to yum. This is the *intended* package
manager, as pkgmanager is for Solaris.

And what do you mean, "stuck"?

    mark, who'd like to get an xterm & command line up on his
            netbook with MIE....