On 3/7/06, Ali Helmy <alihelmy@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hey mates, > > Probably a really stupid question but... > > Are packages (.rpm's) installed using "rpm -i *.rpm" plugged into the yum > database too? I mean do they get updated with yum update, etc? Actually, you're looking at it the wrong way round. It's all stored in the rpm database. yum is just a friendly front-end to that. Dave...