On Sun, 2004-07-18 at 18:25 -0700, bruce wrote: > i've downloaded yum, perused the docs... and i'm trying to install/update an > rpm... > > the rpm is a beta for mysql. i have the rpm/package on my box. i do an > > yum install MySQL-Max-4.1.3-0.i386 > > and yum states that it can't find the package. is there some way to force > yum to see the rpm/package in a given dir?? i would imagine that there > should be a way to solve this, and that i'm just missing something... yum install MySQL-Max should do it - don't specify the full version+arch. only newer versions of yum allow arch-specification - the ones for rhl 8.0 won't. -sv
