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  • Sells, Fred
    #1

    Auto Install Linux Rpm's

    We would like to use Python to automatically deploy new rpm's (assuming we
    first edit a file to require a new version). I've just starting looking a
    the rpm module. I can build this from scratch, but was wondering if anyone
    is/has solved some or all of this problem or could point me to some
    "goodies" that would help.

    tia

    Fred

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    • Lars Kellogg-Stedman
      #2
      Re: Auto Install Linux Rpm's

      > We would like to use Python to automatically deploy new rpm's (assuming we[color=blue]
      > first edit a file to require a new version). I've just starting looking a
      > the rpm module. I can build this from scratch, but was wondering if anyone
      > is/has solved some or all of this problem or could point me to some
      > "goodies" that would help.[/color]

      "Yum" (the Fedora package manager) is written in Python, so it provides
      both a good example of how to work with the Python rpm module and how to
      do things like handle dependencies -- which you'll have to do if you
      roll your own.

      If I were you, I would probably just use Yum to do all the heavy
      lifting, rather than trying to re-implement it. Then your work boils
      down to:

      IF (installed version of package) != (version of package in config
      file) THEN
      yum -y install <package>
      END IF

      -- Lars

      --
      Lars Kellogg-Stedman <8273grkci8q8kg t@jetable.net>
      This email address will expire on 2005-11-23.

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        • Lars Kellogg-Stedman
          #3
          Re: Auto Install Linux Rpm's

          > We would like to use Python to automatically deploy new rpm's (assuming we[color=blue]
          > first edit a file to require a new version). I've just starting looking a
          > the rpm module. I can build this from scratch, but was wondering if anyone
          > is/has solved some or all of this problem or could point me to some
          > "goodies" that would help.[/color]

          "Yum" (the Fedora package manager) is written in Python, so it provides
          both a good example of how to work with the Python rpm module and how to
          do things like handle dependencies -- which you'll have to do if you
          roll your own.

          If I were you, I would probably just use Yum to do all the heavy
          lifting, rather than trying to re-implement it. Then your work boils
          down to:

          IF (installed version of package) != (version of package in config
          file) THEN
          yum -y install <package>
          END IF

          -- Lars

          --
          Lars Kellogg-Stedman <8273grkci8q8kg t@jetable.net>
          This email address will expire on 2005-11-23.

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