Re: dependencies checking

[Han Boetes <han@mijncomputer.nl>]

Umar Draz wrote:
> hi dear members?? i am a freebsd when i want any package regarding
> freebsd?i just open www.freebsd.org/ports there is search my desire
> package when i find my package there is also dependices listed thats why
> i have no problem for instaling any package.?? So my question is how i
> can check openbsd package dependences like yester day i donwload mrtg.x
> for openbsd from openbsd ftp site when i try to install mrtg i face
> dependency then again i open ftp of openbsd and download p5-SNM and
> p5-Simple.?so plz help me how i can check openbsd package dependencies??thanks
> and regards?umar draz

Don't assume that things works exactly the same as in FreeBSD.

>From man pkg_add:

     If the given package names are not found in the current working directo-
     ry, pkg_add will search for them in each directory named by the
     PKG_PATH environment variable. Specifying `-' as a package name
     causes pkg_add to read from the standard input.

     Some packages may depend on other packages. When resolving
     dependencies pkg_add will first look at already installed packages,
     then match depen- dencies with the list of packages left to
     install, then install default packages that satisfy the
     dependencies.



# Han