[SLL] Case for forcing install without dependencies?

[Brian C. Lane]

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Paul A. Franz, P.E. wrote:
> I found an rpm I need, right version and all. Has dependencies but I possibly have the
> right stuff installed, just not the dependent rpm's:
> 
> [root at Beaker tmp]# rpm -ivh spamassassin-.64-2.1.fc1.dag.i386.rpm
>  warning: spamassassin-2.64-2.1.fc1.dag.i386.rpm: V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID
> 6b8d79e6
> error: Failed dependencies:
>         perl(Time::HiRes) is needed by spamassassin-2.64-2.1.fc1.dag
>         perl-Net-DNS is needed by spamassassin-2.64-2.1.fc1.dag

Why aren't you using yum? The rpm appears to be from dag's repository,
it should have all the dependencies that it needs.

Hmm, I don't remember if fc1 had yum support, so in the case it didn't
you should still be able to find the dependent rpms in the same repo you
found the spamassassin rpm.

Brian

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