RPM dependencies problem

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Hello!

I am running openSuSE 11.2 (x86_64)

When I am within:

Yast -> Software -> Software management

I see multiple RPM packages listed indicating that they will be installed in order to resolve dependencies.

The exact message I am seeing says:

“As this package is an extension to an already installed package, it is recommended it be installed”.

Within yast, I know how to look at a specific RPM to tell what other packages it requires, but how to I determine which currently installed package is causing yast to mark additional packages for installation?

They are all related to vmware tools. Looking thru all of the currently installed packages, I see none that appear to have anything to do with vmware. Here are the packages that yast is saying it wants to install:

libvmtools0
open-vm-tools
open-vm-tools-gui
vmware-guest-kmp-desktop
yast2-vm

Again, this list of packages above are not currently installed, but yast indicates it wants to install them to resolve dependencies and my question is how do I determine which currently installed package is causing this?

Any advice on how to check for this would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

John.

2

Not sure unless it’s part of package that wasn’t properly installed. Usually dependencies are shown when selecting to install a package.
Try


sudo zypper refresh 
sudo zypper verify 
sudo zypper clean

Also see, man zypper or zypper ve --help

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cmtonline wrote:

>
> Hello!
>
> I am running openSuSE 11.2 (x86_64)
>
> When I am within:
>
> Yast → Software → Software management
>
> I see multiple RPM packages listed indicating that they will be
> installed in order to resolve dependencies.
>
> The exact message I am seeing says:
>
> “As this package is an extension to an already installed package, it
> is recommended it be installed”.
>
> Within yast, I know how to look at a specific RPM to tell what other
> packages it requires, but how to I determine which currently installed
> package is causing yast to mark additional packages for installation?
>
> They are all related to vmware tools. Looking thru all of the
> currently installed packages, I see none that appear to have anything
> to
> do with vmware. Here are the packages that yast is saying it wants to
> install:
>
> -----
> libvmtools0
> open-vm-tools
> open-vm-tools-gui
> vmware-guest-kmp-desktop
> yast2-vm
> -----
>
> Again, this list of packages above are not currently installed, but
> yast indicates it wants to install them to resolve dependencies and my
> question is how do I determine which currently installed package is
> causing this?
>
> Any advice on how to check for this would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks!
>
> John.
>
In YaST Software Management select the RPM your interested in. then
click Dependencies – Check Now or make sure auto check is checked, this
will automatically check an rpm when you select it.

Hope this helps.

–
Russ
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