Johnny Hughes wrote: > > On Tue, 2006-08-08 at 11:56 -0400, Bowie Bailey wrote: > > > > How can I install kernel-smp-devel-2.6.9-34.0.1.EL via yum? Can I > > grab the rpm from somewhere and do a local install? > > It is in the updates repo for your arch: > > http://mirror.centos.org/centos/4/updates/i386/RPMS/kernel-smp-devel-2.6.9-3 4.0.1.EL.i686.rpm > > or > > http://mirror.centos.org/centos/4/updates/x86_64/RPMS/kernel-smp-devel-2.6.9 -34.0.1.EL.x86_64.rpm > > Once downladed install like this: > > rpm -ivh kernel-smp-devel-2.6.9-34.0.1.EL.i686.rpm > > or > > rpm -ivh kernel-smp-devel-2.6.9-34.0.1.EL.x86_64.rpm > > (or you can remove the package with rpm -e kernel-smp-devel ... then > > yum install kernel-smp-devel-2.6.9-34.0.1.EL.i686 > > or > > yum install kernel-smp-devel-2.6.9-34.0.1.EL.x86_64 ) I found the updates repo shortly after sending the first email. I followed your second suggestion and was able to have "yum install" see it after removing the old package. Why is the "rpm -e" required? It seems like I should be able to do "yum update" and specify the package version as long as it is newer than what is currently installed. -- Bowie