Thanks.  I saw that *after* posting my question.

At 01:54 PM 5/6/02 -0500, you wrote:

I think the reason they made the API dependent, is because of this line
from the Readme:

 NOTE:
          The image backup function requires the API to be installed.
          Please ensure that yo do not install the B/A client without
          the API package.


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Gerald Wichmann <gwichman AT ZANTAZ DOT COM>
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        Subject:        Re: TSM 5.1 - RH 7.2 Linux client


Nope. All other platforms the api isn't necessary. I agree with your
customer. You could verify it by installing regardless of the dependency
(--nodeps flag). I'm guessing Tivoli made a mistake including the api as a
dependency. Unless someone from Tivoli wants to clarify why in this case
it's suddenly necessary..

Gerald Wichmann
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-----Original Message-----
From: John Bremer [mailto:jbremer AT LANL DOT GOV]
Sent: Monday, May 06, 2002 7:31 AM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: TSM 5.1 - RH 7.2 Linux client

Greetings,

First impression feedback from one of my customers " ... requiring the
installation of the API to get the baseline client to install is
wrong.  It's likely that I will never, ever, need anything else from the
API package."

[root@kodiak ~]# rpm -Fvh ~jgd/TIVsm-BA.i386.rpm
error: failed dependencies:
         libApiDS.so is needed by TIVsm-BA-5.1.0-1

Can anyone out there supply a reason for this dependency?

Thank you.  John Bremer