On 01/30/2011 10:24 AM, Jon Ingason wrote: > 2011-01-30 16:00, Jerry Feldman skrev: >> I recently installed Oracle-XE using yum --nogpgcheck localinstall >> oracle...rpm. No problem except that I screwed up the configuration. My >> coworker told me that I should use rpm(8) because the installation >> manual specified it rather than yum(8). My question is that is there any >> specific advantage using yum(8) over rpm(8). >> >> > The main difference is that yum(8) try to solve dependency while rpm(8) > does not. On 01/30/2011 10:30 AM, Richard Shaw wrote: > Nope. No real differences except that Jon pointed out. Also, > localinstall isn't necessary anymore. Just type good ole' install and > point it to a local file and it works fine. > > If you think you'll be installing an RPM on a regular basis it's very > easy to setup a local repository. I did this for some packages I built > myself as well as all the packages from the F14 install DVD and it > made it very easy to install on all my home computers. That way if you > get an updated RPM you can put it in your repo and it should get > picked up on your next update. > > I even setup NFS on the computer I host the local repo on so now all > the other computers just see it as another repository. > No, I don't install too many packages. This was for a virtual machine. The question was just for answering the criticism from my coworker that I should have used rpm(8) and not yum(8). -- Jerry Feldman <gaf@xxxxxxx> Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id: 537C5846 PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0 A5F2 ECBB CA3B 4607 4319 537C 5846
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