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234 Chapter 26. Gnome-RPM
26.4. Configuration
Gnome-RPM offers a wide selection of choices for installing and uninstalling packages, doc-
umentation and other features. You can customize Gnome-RPM using the Preferences dia-
log, which you can access from Operations => Preferences on the menu. To make selections
in the Preferences dialog, select the boxes next to the options.
Under the Behaviour tab, you will find a number of options for configuring the way Gnome-
RPM installs, uninstalls and upgrades packages. The Behaviour tab is divided into five sec-
tions: Install Options, Upgrade Options, Other Options, Database Options and Architec-
ture Options. Note that by default these boxes are not selected (see Figure 26-4).
Figure 26-4. Behaviour Tab in Preferences
Under Install Options, you have the following choices:
• No dependency checks — When selected, this will install or upgrade a package with-
out checking for other files that the program may depend on in order to work. Unless
you know what you are doing, we strongly suggest that you not use this option as some
packages may depend on other packages in order to function correctly.
• No reordering — This option is useful if RPM is unable to change the installation order
of some packages to satisfy dependencies.
• Do not run scripts — Pre- and post-install scripts are sequences of commands that are
sometimes included in packages to assist with installation. Selecting this option is similar
to the --noscripts option when installing packages from the shell prompt.
Under Upgrade Options, you can select the following:
• Allow replacement of packages — Replaces a package with a new copy of the same pack-
age. Similar to the --replacepkgs option from the shell prompt. This option can be useful
if an installed package has become damaged or requires repair to function correctly.
• Allow replacement of files — Allows the replacement of files which are owned by an-
other package. The shell prompt equivalent for this RPM option is --replacefiles. This