On 5/8/07, MrKiwi <mrkiwi@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Ralph Angenendt wrote: > MrKiwi wrote: >> <snip> >> rpmforge_version=rpmforge-release-0.3.6-1.el5.rf.i386.rpm >> wget >> http://dag.wieers.com/rpm/packages/rpmforge-release/$rpmforge_version >> rpm -Uhv $rpmforge_version > > Uhm. > > Why not > > rpm -Uvh http://dag.wieers.com/rpm/packages/rpmforge-release/$rpmforge_version > > directly? > > Ralph > > Good question - i said the same when i saw it on a site and tried to consolidate wget + rpm into a one line command. The problem (from memory) is that rpm -Uvh blah.rpm does not handle redirections nicely (is that a return code of 302? from memory) however wget is a champ at that sort of thing.
I went to http://dag.wieers.com/rpm/FAQ.php#B, copied the line for my release and executed it. Worked perfectly. For CentOS 5.0 on x86_64, that's: rpm -Uhv http://apt.sw.be/packages/rpmforge-release/rpmforge-release-0.3.6-1.el5.rf.x86_64.rpm -- Mark Hull-Richter DATAllegro (www.datallegro.com) 85 Enterprise, Second Floor, Aliso Viejo, CA 92656 949-680-3082 - Office 949-330-7691 - fax _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
