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Method and system for processing software dependencies in management of software packages

  • US 7,222,341 B2
  • Filed: 02/08/2002
  • Issued: 05/22/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/19/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. In a computer, a method of processing one or more software dependencies, the method comprising:

  • for one or more of the software dependencies, determining whether software associated with the software dependency is present on the computer;

    responsive to determining the software associated with the software dependency is not present on the computer, acquiring, by a software package manager running on the computer, the software associated with the software dependency;

    after acquiring the software associated with the software dependency, updating a database at the computer indicating the software associated with the software dependency is installed on the computer;

    wherein at least one of the software dependencies specifies a plurality of software items forming a software package, wherein the software package comprises a mixture of native code components and platform-independent code components;

    wherein at least one of the software dependencies refers to a list comprising one or more other software dependencies; and

    wherein the acquiring the software associated with the software dependency comprises recursively processing the one or more other software dependencies.

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