> -----Original Message----- > From: fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Teilhard Knight > Sent: Saturday, January 21, 2006 10:24 PM > To: For users of Fedora Core releases > Subject: Re: Trivial question > > > Teilhard Knight wrote: > > How do I install a local rpm package? It is in my HD, and the > > documentation about handling packages does not tell me how to do it. > > Thanks. > > > > Teilhard. > yum localinstall <filename> > > Where, of course, <filename> is replaced by the path and name > of the RPM you > wish to install. > > > Thanks very much. This is exactly what I was looking for. > > Teilhard. > > -- If I type: yum localupdate /my_rpm_path/* on a box that has installed only a small subset of that which is available in my_rpm_path, will it only update that which is there, and not install any of the others? This is not so trivial when it comes to boxes that are not on the net. It would also solve a problem I had yesterday, where I had trouble updating my second box over the net. Thanks, Mike. -- Michael D. Berger m.d.berger@xxxxxxxx
