On Tue, 2006-08-08 at 13:08 -0400, Bowie Bailey wrote: > Johnny Hughes wrote: > > > > On Tue, 2006-08-08 at 11:56 -0400, Bowie Bailey wrote: > > > > > > How can I install kernel-smp-devel-2.6.9-34.0.1.EL via yum? Can I > > > grab the rpm from somewhere and do a local install? > > > > It is in the updates repo for your arch: > > > > > http://mirror.centos.org/centos/4/updates/i386/RPMS/kernel-smp-devel-2.6.9-3 > 4.0.1.EL.i686.rpm > > > > or > > > > > http://mirror.centos.org/centos/4/updates/x86_64/RPMS/kernel-smp-devel-2.6.9 > -34.0.1.EL.x86_64.rpm > > > > Once downladed install like this: > > > > rpm -ivh kernel-smp-devel-2.6.9-34.0.1.EL.i686.rpm > > > > or > > > > rpm -ivh kernel-smp-devel-2.6.9-34.0.1.EL.x86_64.rpm > > > > (or you can remove the package with rpm -e kernel-smp-devel ... then > > > > yum install kernel-smp-devel-2.6.9-34.0.1.EL.i686 > > > > or > > > > yum install kernel-smp-devel-2.6.9-34.0.1.EL.x86_64 ) > > I found the updates repo shortly after sending the first email. I > followed your second suggestion and was able to have "yum install" see > it after removing the old package. > > Why is the "rpm -e" required? It seems like I should be able to do > "yum update" and specify the package version as long as it is newer > than what is currently installed. > Yum has no option to install an older file on top of a newer file An update probably installed the 34.0.2.EL-xxxx-devel file ... so 34.0.1 will never install instead of the newer one.
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