Components of computer systems often have dependencies--other components that must be installed before they will function properly. These dependencies are frequently shared by multiple components. For example, both the TELNET client program and the FTP client program require that the TCP/IP networking software be installed before they can operate. If you install TCP/IP and the TELNET client program, and later decide to add the FTP client program, you do not need to reinstall TCP/IP.
For some components it would not be a problem if the components on which they depended were reinstalled; it would just waste some resources. But for others, like TCP/IP, some component configuration may be destroyed if the component was reinstalled.
It is useful to be able to remove components that are no longer needed. When this is done, components that only support the removed component may also be removed, freeing up disk space, memory, and other resources. But a supporting component, not explicitly installed, may be removed only if all components which depend on it are also removed. For example, removing the FTP client program and TCP/IP would mean the TELNET client program, which was not removed, would no longer operate. Likewise, removing TCP/IP by itself would cause the failure of both the TELNET and the FTP client programs. Also if we installed TCP/IP to support our own development, then installed the TELNET client (which depends on TCP/IP) and then still later removed the TELNET client, we would not want TCP/IP to be removed.
We want a program to automate the process of adding and removing components. To do this we will maintain a record of installed components and component dependencies. A component can be installed explicitly in response to a command (unless it is already installed), or implicitly if it is needed for some other component being installed. Likewise, a component, not explicitly installed, can be explicitly removed in response to a command (if it is not needed to support other components) or implicitly removed if it is no longer needed to support another component. Installing an already implicitly-installed component won't make that component become explicity installed.
The input will contain a sequence of commands (as described below), each on a separate line containing no more than eighty characters. Item names are case sensitive, and each is no longer than ten characters. The command names (
DEPEND,
INSTALL,
REMOVE and
LIST) always appear in uppercase starting in column one, and item names are separated from the command name and each other by one or more spaces. All appropriate
DEPEND commands will appear before the occurrence of any
INSTALL command that uses them. There will be no circular dependencies. The end of the input is marked by a line containing only the word
END.
Command Syntax | Interpretation/Response |
DEPEND item1 item2 [item3 ...] | item1 depends on item2 (and item3 ...) |
INSTALL item1 | install item1 and those on which it depends |
REMOVE item1 | remove item1, and those on which it depends, if possible |
LIST | list the names of all currently-installed components |
Echo each line of input. Follow each echoed
INSTALL or
REMOVE line with the actions taken in response, making certain that the actions are given in the proper order. Also identify exceptional conditions (see Sample Output, below, for examples of all cases). For the
LIST command, display the names of the currently installed components in the installation order. No output, except the echo, is produced for a
DEPEND command or the line containing
END. There will be at most one dependency list per item.
DEPEND TELNET TCPIP NETCARD
DEPEND TCPIP NETCARD
DEPEND DNS TCPIP NETCARD
DEPEND BROWSER TCPIP HTML
INSTALL NETCARD
INSTALL TELNET
INSTALL foo
REMOVE NETCARD
INSTALL BROWSER
INSTALL DNS
LIST
REMOVE TELNET
REMOVE NETCARD
REMOVE DNS
REMOVE NETCARD
INSTALL NETCARD
REMOVE TCPIP
REMOVE BROWSER
REMOVE TCPIP
END
DEPEND TELNET TCPIP NETCARD
DEPEND TCPIP NETCARD
DEPEND DNS TCPIP NETCARD
DEPEND BROWSER TCPIP HTML
INSTALL NETCARD
Installing NETCARD
INSTALL TELNET
Installing TCPIP
Installing TELNET
INSTALL foo
Installing foo
REMOVE NETCARD
NETCARD is still needed.
INSTALL BROWSER
Installing HTML
Installing BROWSER
INSTALL DNS
Installing DNS
LIST
NETCARD
TCPIP
TELNET
foo
HTML
BROWSER
DNS
REMOVE TELNET
Removing TELNET
REMOVE NETCARD
NETCARD is still needed.
REMOVE DNS
Removing DNS
REMOVE NETCARD
NETCARD is still needed.
INSTALL NETCARD
NETCARD is already installed.
REMOVE TCPIP
TCPIP is still needed.
REMOVE BROWSER
Removing BROWSER
Removing HTML
Removing TCPIP
REMOVE TCPIP
TCPIP is not installed.
END
DEPEND A B
INSTALL A
INSTALL B
REMOVE A
END
DEPEND A B
INSTALL A
Installing B
Installing A
INSTALL B
B is already installed.
REMOVE A
Removing A
Removing B
END