thankz alex, but doesn't that show what requires that package ? ie. rpm --redhatrequires nmap-frontend-3.70-1.i386.rpm no packages requires nmap-frontend...... where as I was looking the other way round... what does nmap-fronend require ? On Fri, 12 Nov 2004 14:45:34 +0100, Alexander Dalloz <ad+lists@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Am Fr, den 12.11.2004 schrieb [LINICKX] um 12:43: > > > rpm -qpR thingy.rpm show's what "files" are required for a rpm installation.... > > > Is there a way to see what "rpms" are required ? > > > > i.e. nmap-frontend-3.70-1.i386.rpm requires nmap-3.70-1.i386 , etc etc. > > rpm --help > --> ... > --redhatrequires find package name that contains a > required > capability (needs rpmdb-redhat > package > installed) > > Alexander > > -- > Alexander Dalloz | Enger, Germany | new address - new key: 0xB366A773 > legal statement: http://www.uni-x.org/legal.html > Fedora GNU/Linux Core 2 (Tettnang) on Athlon kernel 2.6.8-1.521smp > Serendipity 14:45:21 up 23 days, 12:24, load average: 0.43, 0.41, 0.36 > > >