use yum to install SRPM files?
Paul Howarth
paul at city-fan.org
Fri Sep 17 11:11:59 UTC 2004
Gerald Thompson wrote:
> I have an unusual question.
>
> I was thinking of using yum to install the source packages instead of
> downloading the iso files, but I am not sure what to put into the yum
> command to get it to download the newest versions of the SRPMS.
>
> I know how to set the repositories in yum.conf, and I even have a pretty
> fast mirror in my home city that I use.
>
> But what would you type in to install the SRPM files without already
> having them on the system to update, would you have to do one package
> group at a time?
>
> I know I should probably just stop being lazy and just download the ISO
> files and just mount them and install that way, I was just wondering if
> there was a way to let yum download the updated versions and install
> them to the system right directly.
Why not just mirror the SRPMS directory?
What are you intending to do with the SRPMS?
Paul.
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