Re: [CentOS] Yum equivalent of rpm -i --test

Joseph L. Casale wrote:

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For CentOS5, you could use yum-downloadonly plugin :

Wojtek, Will this still allow rpm to "--test" the install of a local rpm and pull in the deps and simulate the install?

Yum (in the default incarnation) requires that you press a "Y" for yes to proceed with the transaction.

It will do all the dependency calcs and present a list of things needed, but not install if you select NO.

Also, you can just use some of the yum switches to get a deplist ... like:

yum deplist <pkg_name>

or lastly, you can use reqoquery that is part of yum-utils (after installing the yum-utils package, do man repoquery).

SO .. there is no dry run for yum specifically, but depending on what you really want, there are several alternatives.