On Fri, Apr 29, 2005 at 09:22:05AM -0500, akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > However if you want yum to install files found on your machine they > have to be in a directory hierarchy that corresposnds to the one laid > out in the yum.conf file. Usually to avoid confusion I make the > hierarchy the same as that in the repository the files came from. What do you mean? tmp$ ls tmp$ wget ftp://[...]/tidy-0.99.0-0.fdr.2.20040916.2.bu45.3.i386.rpm [...] `tidy-0.99.0-0.fdr.2.20040916.2.bu45.3.i386.rpm' saved tmp$ ls tidy-0.99.0-0.fdr.2.20040916.2.bu45.3.i386.rpm tmp$ sudo yum install tidy-0.99.0-0.fdr.2.20040916.2.bu45.3.i386.rpm Setting up Install Process Setting up repositories bulinux-base 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:00 bulinux-updates 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00 Reading repository metadata in from local files Parsing package install arguments Examining tidy-0.99.0-0.fdr.2.20040916.2.bu45.3.i386.rpm: tidy - 0.99.0-0.fdr.2.20040916.2.bu45.3.i386 Marking tidy-0.99.0-0.fdr.2.20040916.2.bu45.3.i386.rpm to be installed Resolving Dependencies --> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait. ---> Package tidy.i386 0:0.99.0-0.fdr.2.20040916.2.bu45.3 set to be updated --> Running transaction check Dependencies Resolved ============================================================================= Package Arch Version Repository Size ============================================================================= Installing: tidy i386 0.99.0-0.fdr.2. tidy-0.99.0-0.fd 253 k Transaction Summary ============================================================================= Install 1 Package(s) Update 0 Package(s) Remove 0 Package(s) Total download size: 253 k Is this ok [y/N]: y Downloading Packages: Running Transaction Test Finished Transaction Test Transaction Test Succeeded Running Transaction Installing: tidy ######################### [1/1] Installed: tidy.i386 0:0.99.0-0.fdr.2.20040916.2.bu45.3 Complete! -- Matthew Miller mattdm@xxxxxxxxxx <http://www.mattdm.org/> Boston University Linux ------> <http://linux.bu.edu/> Current office temperature: 72 degrees Fahrenheit.