On Sun, 2004-02-22 at 18:02 -0500, Lance McLean wrote: > After doing my first YUM based activity - an upgrade from RH7.3 to 9 via > the DULUG mirror - I installed some RPMs without YUM's help. The new RPMs > don't seem to be showing up in the RPM db. Is the use of YUM exclusive? > Is there some procedure that must be followed when installing or upgrading > packages without the use of YUM? > Thanks, no - it is not exclusive at all. so you installed some packages and when you rpm -q for them you don't get them? There is no special procedure - just install normally. -sv