On Wed, Nov 15, 2006 at 08:24:16AM -0500, Marc Ravensbergen wrote: > Hi, is there any way I can find out the entire list of files (and > dependencies) needed before installing a given package? Let's say I > want to add "wget" to openbsd. I export the PKG_PATH to the > appropriate mirror, then type "pkg_add wget". This will do the > installation of wget and all dependencies, but I would like to know > before the actual installation what files are needed (if possible of > course). > > My reason for this is so that I can generate a complete list of files > needed to download for a given program, run over to a computer with > high speed, download, run back to my computer, dump the files in the > correct directory (/var/db/pkg) and then install the package. > > In this case, wget is very small, but what about Gnome, KDE... > > I am thinking of the feature in Synaptic that lets you generate an > installation script; all the files and dependencies needed for a > given package are then saved to a text file as a script. > > If this is possible, can somebody let me know? > Thanks, > Marc
There are probably other ways to do this, but the first thing that comes to mind is to run "pkg_add -nv <package>" which will give you a list of dependencies. Recurse until done, checking the dependencies so far to avoid infinite recursion and excessive work. -- Darrin Chandler | Phoenix BSD Users Group [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://bsd.phoenix.az.us/ http://www.stilyagin.com/ |
