Bart Verwilst a.k.a Bort :: Blog » yum http://blog.verwilst.be Linux, Open Source. That's pretty much it. Sat, 15 Oct 2011 13:13:25 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 yum install *filename* http://blog.verwilst.be/2008/01/03/yum-install-filename/ http://blog.verwilst.be/2008/01/03/yum-install-filename/#comments Wed, 02 Jan 2008 23:12:06 +0000 Bart Verwilst http://weblog.verwilst.be/2008/01/03/yum-install-filename/ Well, it doesn’t happen very often, but I actually found a pretty nice feature in yum, the thing they call a package manager in rpm based distros. I noticed by accident, and was pleasantly surprised. AFAIK, apt-get doesn’t let you do that..

A quick demo ;)

# yum install /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6
Loading “installonlyn” plugin
Setting up Install Process
Setting up repositories
Reading repository metadata in from local files
Parsing package install arguments
Importing additional filelist information
Resolving Dependencies
–> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait.
—> Downloading header for libstdc++ to pack into transaction set.
libstdc++-4.1.2-14.el5.i3 100% |=========================| 54 kB 00:00
—> Package libstdc++.i386 0:4.1.2-14.el5 set to be updated
–> Running transaction check

Dependencies Resolved

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Package Arch Version Repository Size
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Installing:
libstdc++ i386 4.1.2-14.el5 base 354 k

Transaction Summary
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Install 1 Package(s)
Update 0 Package(s)
Remove 0 Package(s)

Total download size: 354 k
Is this ok [y/N]:

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