Re: Installing a single rpm package from desktop/browser on CentOS 7

[Seth Goldin <sethgoldin@xxxxxxxxx>]

Unfortunately, the GUI isn't quite set up to tell you what the error would
be. When you use `$ sudo yum install whatever.rpm`, the output in the shell
will often give you a clue as to what's going wrong--a missing dependency,
etc.

-- Seth.

On Fri, Feb 21, 2020 at 9:51 AM Yves Bellefeuille <yan@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Toralf Lund <toralf.lund@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > And, yeah, I know about rpm command line and yum and all, but shouldn't
> > there be a "more user-friendly" way?
>
> The command line is your friend.
>
> Have a look at yumex. I think you'll prefer the command line, though.
>
> --
> Yves Bellefeuille
> <yan@xxxxxxxx>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> CentOS mailing list
> CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx
> https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
>
_______________________________________________
CentOS mailing list
CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx
https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos