dnf install `cat file` On Thu, Feb 21, 2019 at 9:02 AM stan via users <users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Thu, 21 Feb 2019 15:36:08 +0100 > "Patrick Dupre" <pdupre@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > > How can I make a dnf install "list of pkgs in a file"? > > > > I tried dnf install `file` > > > > but it does not work. > > I usually use a python script to read the file and run dnf in a > subprocess for each package. That way, a single problem doesn't stop > the whole update. > > I haven't tried these, so I don't know if they work, but you could try > dnf update < $(cat file) > or > cat file | xargs dnf update > > Because I haven't tried them, there may be syntax or grammar errors in > the commands. The first should treat the file as a group, and will be > faster if there are no dependency errors. The second should do each > package individually, so will be slower but error tolerant. > > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Fedora Code of Conduct: https://getfedora.org/code-of-conduct.html > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://getfedora.org/code-of-conduct.html List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
