I'm not sure, but yum will certainly download and install dependencies that are available in its package repository. rpm won't. If you don't have dependencies, it is the same. Bowie Bailey 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? > > >