On Thu, 2007-08-16 at 23:51 -0700, elk dolk wrote: > when I perform yum update how can I tell yum that it should not > download openoffice.org-core again and it is already downloaded and > ready to use? yum localinstall <filename> It should use the local file for what you specifically mention, and the network to resolve any dependencies. -- [tim@bigblack ~]$ uname -ipr 2.6.22.1-41.fc7 i686 i386 Using FC 4, 5, 6 & 7, plus CentOS 5. Today, it's FC7. Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists.