Re: how to locate a yum repo containing a particular package?

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Robert P. J. Day wrote:
>   for example, i want to install "kprof".  i know an rpm is available
> at kprof.sourceforge.net, but i'd like to just "yum install" it.
> however, it's not available at any of my currently-enabled repos.
> 
>   is there some kind of "meta yum" feature that would search a larger
> set of repos for me?  perhaps a set of "fedora-endorsed" repos?
> thanks.
> 
> rday
> 
It would probably be simpler to download the RPM, and use
"yum localinstall kprof*.rpm". That way, yum will handle missing
dependencies for you. If you are sure you have all the dependencies
for the package, you can run "rpm -ivh <URL of the RPM file> to
download/install the RPM in one operation.

Mikkel
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