rpm -qR -p yum*.rpm I think this will look into the rpm file and list the packages on which it depends. Hmm, output look like it might be a package, a 'capability' or a file, so you might need more detective work to find the list of packages. Seems like there should be a simpler way, but if so I couldn't find it by RTFM. On 10/25/07, Dave Burns <tburns@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Why not resolve them on your good box? > > Won't this do the trick? Even if they were not identical, this should > give you a big hint. > > rpm -qR yum > > Or you could unpack (or query?) the rpm file itself, the spec will say > what it depends on, won't it? I don't know how to do that, but there > must be a way. > > Dave > > >If I could use yum to resolve those > > dependencies, it would be easy! But since yum is not working, and I > > think it could be a dubious effort to try to resolve all those > > dependencies by hand... >