On Tue, 16 Nov 2004, Satish Balay wrote: > > > wget foo.rpm > > > yum localinstall foo.rpm > > I think that is stupid create a local mirror when with a simply rpm -ivh you > > resolve the problem in less time... BTW: the localrepo is useful when starting from .src.rpm.(as indicated earlier) 'yum localinstall foo.rpm' is equivalent (actually better) to your 'rpm -ivh foo.rpm' - prevents --force - resoves dependencies - and can install dependent/compat-* packages automatically Satish
