On Wednesday 28 April 2010, Craig White wrote:
>On Wed, 2010-04-28 at 19:42 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote:
>> >A little hint: use yum localinstall (without --), and optional with
>> >--nogpgcheck for unsigned packages. It resolves dependecies
>> >automatically.
>>
>> In that event, the friggin help screen is worthless. Sigh.
>
>----
>none are so blind as those who do not see
>
>$ yum --help
>Loaded plugins: dellsysidplugin2, downloadonly, fastestmirror,
>priorities, refresh-packagekit
>Usage: yum [options] COMMAND
>
>List of Commands:
>
>check Check for problems in the rpmdb
>check-update Check for available package updates
>clean Remove cached data
>deplist List a package's dependencies
>downgrade downgrade a package
>erase Remove a package or packages from your system
>groupinfo Display details about a package group
>groupinstall Install the packages in a group on your system
>grouplist List available package groups
>groupremove Remove the packages in a group from your system
>help Display a helpful usage message
>history Display, or use, the transaction history
>info Display details about a package or group of packages
>install Install a package or packages on your system
>list List a package or groups of packages
>localinstall Install a local RPM
>makecache Generate the metadata cache
>provides Find what package provides the given value
>reinstall reinstall a package
>repolist Display the configured software repositories
>resolvedep Determine which package provides the given dependency
>search Search package details for the given string
>shell Run an interactive yum shell
>update Update a package or packages on your system
>upgrade Update packages taking obsoletes into account
>version Display a version for the machine and/or available repos.
>
>Worthless?
>From the error msg: yum --local_install *.rpm
which once x is running is the same as above. I did not see that bit when I
was in run level 3 attempting to run it, and can only surmise that
"localinstall" perhaps scrolled off the screen.
Does yum output the same msg to a vt? I don't know, but what it did spit out
seemed to have no revelence to what I had typed.
The point is now moot as rpm did exactly as told and things are fixed. But
now, after I let it update 100+ packages an hour ago, selinux is producing
kittens, something about ... must be a secret I guess, /var/log/audit, nor
/var/log/setroubleshoot contain anything related to what the popup had me
doing, which was to report it to bugzilla, but I've managed to lose track of
my passwd for bz in all the self destruction F10 underwent from an attempt to
install the latest ati drivers.
>For a long time user of Linux, this is a pathetic diatribe. You should
>know how to type 'command --help' and see what is wrong. It is something
>you should have learned at least 5 years ago.
At least. So I'll go back to lurking until F13 is out. My lappy isn't doing
anything important, but when an update self-destructed, I made a mistake,
thinking someone would care, and it turns out only one person had what it
took to steer me to the answer.
Thank you Wolfgang.
>Craig
>
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Cheers, Gene
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