Package Rebuilding

[Robert Holtzman]

On Tue, 7 Oct 2008, Dave Burns wrote:

> On Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 11:15 AM, Robert Holtzman <holtzm at cox.net> wrote:
>> shouldn't yum
>> install <package name> pull in and install all the dependencies provided you
>> pointed yum to the package on your hard drive? What do I have wrong?
>
> No, that would attempt to load the package from a remote repository. I
> think you mean
>
> yum localinstall <path to rpm file>
>
> That will install an rpm and use the repositories to attempt to
> resolve any dependencies the rpm has.

Sorry for the mistake. I just came over from RedHat 7.3 (yeah, that old) 
and yum is new to me. Thanks for straightening me out.

-- 
Bob Holtzman
"Bother", said Pooh, as he chambered another round...