yum update / install from file
Joachim Backes
joachim.backes at rhrk.uni-kl.de
Tue Oct 23 05:52:28 UTC 2007
Tony Crouch wrote:
> Hi All,
> I was wondering if anyone knows whether its possible to update yum from
> a file containing a list of packages (one per line).
>
> I have tried:
>
> yum -y install < file-name
Better: yum -y install $(cat filename)
makes from the lines of filename the options list (package list) for yum.
Regards
Joachim Backes
>
> but that didn't work.
>
> I also had a look through the `man yum' manual and there doesn't seem to
> be any direct flag available for yum to take its input from a file
> rather than the terminal itself.
>
> I was wondering if anyone else might be able to offer any suggestions?
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
> All the best.
>
> Cheers,
> Tony Crouch
>
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