On Fri, 2004-12-03 at 16:46 +0100, Martin Hamant wrote: > On Fri, 03 Dec 2004 09:14:26 -0600 > Rocky McGaugh <rocky-lists at mcgaugh.org> disait: > > > Yum uses RPM for most of its handy-work. In the end, it doesnt matter > > if you install an rpm by hand or with the yum tool. Yum just makes > > things quicker and easier. > > People usually dont get into real "dep hell" with RPM unless they "use > > > > the --force, Luke." > > And the --nodeps ! > So in fact, it's more safe because when you install an RPM by hand, > "one day", you'll do a --nodeps because of X or Y obscur reasons, and > "one day" the distribution will be broken ( i don't mean it's not > reversible). in yum 2.1.X releases you can do: yum install /some/file/on/disk/package.rpm it will install that rpm and resolve dependencies from the available repositiories -sv