[CLUE-Tech] Lazy person question

[Ed Hill]

On Fri, 2002-04-26 at 11:28, Don Collier wrote:
> If I have a whole directory of rpm files from the RedHat update 
> site, can I just do a "rpm -Uvh --nodeps --force *rpm" and expect 
> everything to install correctly?  Or do I need to install everything 
> individually.  I have downloaded all dependencies for all of the rpms 
> and they are in the same directory.


You could do that, but the "--force" is a bad idea since it may cause
problems if you are missing one or more dependencies.  In general, its
not a good idea.

I frequently use:

  rpm -Fvh *.rpm

to upgrade *only* the packages that I already have installed.  

Occasionally, this might fail if there are dependent packages that are
unsatisfied.  In those cases, I first install the dependencies:

  rpm -Uvh [dependent package list]

and then finish with:

  rpm -Fvh *.rpm

hth,
Ed


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