Peter Hillier-Brook: >>> rpm apparently won't accept wildcards for an install Tim: >> I don't ever recall having such a problem. Peter Hillier-Brook: > I believe you and my initial thoughts were that I was doing something > stupid, but I can't see what's wrong with: > > rpm -i openoffice.org-* > > from within the directory holding the packages and having 'su'd to root > first. Upon reflection, I can't remember if I've done an rpm -i with wildcards, but I've certainly done rpm -U with wild cards. The only time that fails, for me, is when you need to add dependencies. And there's been no need to end with rpm after the wildcard, unless you've got non-RPM files in the same directory. I've done things like the following without any problems: rpm -Uvh xorg*6.8.2-37.FC4.49.2.1* So that I can update the xorg packages from files already downloaded to the /var/yum/cache/updates-released/packages directory, between different computers on my network, where there's more than just the latest version of a program in there. rpm -U can install as well as upgrade. If there's nothing already installed, it does a new install. The v and h options give you more information about what it's doing as it does it. -- (Currently running FC4, occasionally trying FC5.) Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists.
