On 12/30/05, Bowie Bailey <Bowie_Bailey at buc.com> wrote: > If I have a local rpm file, what is the difference between running > "rpm -i" and "yum localinstall"? > > When I do "rpm -i", I can still see the info via "yum info", so is there > a difference? > Doing rpm -i will not help you solve dependency issues. If the package you're installing requires something you don't have, you'll have to go get it manually. yum removes this headache. > -- > Bowie > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > -- Jim Perrin System Architect - UIT Ft Gordon & US Army Signal Center