8:47 p.m.
Hello list,
I have a package with many subpackages. Some of the subpackages depend
on libraries provided by other subpackages.
When downloading with yum/dnf, the rpm's know what they depend on, and
the dnf/yum can figure out what to install to satisfy the dependencies.
No problem there.
But, when doing a yum localinstall or dnf install with a local path, the
user has to either install all rpm's or manually resolve dependencies.
Is it common to specify inter-subpackage dependencies using Requires to
resolve this, or are users just on their own if they're installing
packages manually?
Thanks!
David Muse
david.muse(a)firstworks.com
9:50 p.m.
On 09/22/2017 06:47 PM, David Muse wrote:
I have a package with many subpackages. Some of the subpackages
depend
on libraries provided by other subpackages.
When downloading with yum/dnf, the rpm's know what they depend on, and
the dnf/yum can figure out what to install to satisfy the dependencies.
No problem there.
But, when doing a yum localinstall or dnf install with a local path, the
user has to either install all rpm's or manually resolve dependencies.
Is it common to specify inter-subpackage dependencies using Requires to
resolve this, or are users just on their own if they're installing
packages manually?
I'm not quite clear on what you're doing here, an example would be
helpful. But in general, if you are installing local packages, you have
to pass all the local rpm files on the command line. dnf will resolve
any dependencies needed from the repos if necessary. But obviously if
there is a local file that is needed, dnf can't automatically find it.
8:51 a.m.
On Fri, Sep 22, 2017 at 09:47:15PM -0400, David Muse wrote:
But, when doing a yum localinstall or dnf install with a local path,
the user has to either install all rpm's or manually resolve
dependencies.
Is it common to specify inter-subpackage dependencies using Requires
to resolve this, or are users just on their own if they're
installing packages manually?
You should certainly use inter-subpackage requires in any case, if they
are genuine. But that won't help DNF (or Yum), as with local install
they only know about the files they are told about. But, what you
*could* do is:
1. run "createrepo_c" on your directory of downloaded RPMs,
2. use `dnf --repofrompath local,.`, and then
3. use `dnf install packagename`
In step 1, createrepo_c is a drop-in but faster replacement for
createrepo.
In step 2, the syntax is "--repofrompath made-reponame,path", so you
could do '--repofrompath "My Repository",/home/mattdm/Downloads/RPMs'.
In step 3, use the package name not the file name, so no .rpm on the
end.
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Matthew Miller
<mattdm(a)fedoraproject.org>
Fedora Project Leader
5:08 p.m.
Or use Fedora Copr to create personal repos for your projects. There is a lot of utility
in doing that,esp. when you start dealing with multiple boxes or vms. Doing local
installs directly from rpms doesnot scale and becomes tedious very quickly. If you're
writing or modifying the spec yourself, try Copr.
https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/
On Saturday, September 23, 2017 9:52 AM, Matthew Miller
<mattdm(a)fedoraproject.org> wrote:
On Fri, Sep 22, 2017 at 09:47:15PM -0400, David Muse wrote:
But, when doing a yum localinstall or dnf install with a local path,
the user has to either install all rpm's or manually resolve
dependencies.
Is it common to specify inter-subpackage dependencies using Requires
to resolve this, or are users just on their own if they're
installing packages manually?
You should certainly use inter-subpackage requires in any case, if they
are genuine. But that won't help DNF (or Yum), as with local install
they only know about the files they are told about. But, what you
*could* do is:
1. run "createrepo_c" on your directory of downloaded RPMs,
2. use `dnf --repofrompath local,.`, and then
3. use `dnf install packagename`
In step 1, createrepo_c is a drop-in but faster replacement for
createrepo.
In step 2, the syntax is "--repofrompath made-reponame,path", so you
could do '--repofrompath "My Repository",/home/mattdm/Downloads/RPMs'.
In step 3, use the package name not the file name, so no .rpm on the
end.
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Matthew Miller
<mattdm(a)fedoraproject.org>
Fedora Project Leader
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6 p.m.
On Sat, 2017-09-23 at 09:51 -0400, Matthew Miller wrote:
On Fri, Sep 22, 2017 at 09:47:15PM -0400, David Muse wrote:
> But, when doing a yum localinstall or dnf install with a local
> path,
> the user has to either install all rpm's or manually resolve
> dependencies.
no , dnf install localpath , resolve all dependencies and install it as
well
> Is it common to specify inter-subpackage dependencies using
> Requires
> to resolve this, or are users just on their own if they're
> installing packages manually?
You should certainly use inter-subpackage requires in any case, if
they
are genuine. But that won't help DNF (or Yum), as with local install
they only know about the files they are told about. But, what you
*could* do is:
1. run "createrepo_c" on your directory of downloaded RPMs,
2. use `dnf --repofrompath local,.`, and then
3. use `dnf install packagename`
repofrompath and enablerepo and dnf command must be in same instructioni.e.
dnf --enablerepo=abc --repofrompath=abc,/var/lib/mock/fedora-25-
x86_64/result --refresh update
In step 1, createrepo_c is a drop-in but faster replacement for
createrepo.
In step 2, the syntax is "--repofrompath made-reponame,path", so you
could do '--repofrompath "My
Repository",/home/mattdm/Downloads/RPMs'.
In step 3, use the package name not the file name, so no .rpm on the
end.
--
Matthew Miller
<mattdm(a)fedoraproject.org>
Fedora Project Leader
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