On 5/8/07, MrKiwi <mrkiwi at gmail.com> wrote: > Ralph Angenendt wrote: > > MrKiwi wrote: > >> <snip> > >> rpmforge_version=rpmforge-release-0.3.6-1.el5.rf.i386.rpm > >> wget > >> http://dag.wieers.com/rpm/packages/rpmforge-release/$rpmforge_version > >> rpm -Uhv $rpmforge_version > > > > Uhm. > > > > Why not > > > > rpm -Uvh http://dag.wieers.com/rpm/packages/rpmforge-release/$rpmforge_version > > > > directly? > > > > Ralph > > > > > Good question - i said the same when i saw it on a site and > tried to consolidate wget + rpm into a one line command. > > The problem (from memory) is that rpm -Uvh blah.rpm does not > handle redirections nicely (is that a return code of 302? > from memory) however wget is a champ at that sort of thing. > I went to http://dag.wieers.com/rpm/FAQ.php#B, copied the line for my release and executed it. Worked perfectly. For CentOS 5.0 on x86_64, that's: rpm -Uhv http://apt.sw.be/packages/rpmforge-release/rpmforge-release-0.3.6-1.el5.rf.x86_64.rpm -- Mark Hull-Richter DATAllegro (www.datallegro.com) 85 Enterprise, Second Floor, Aliso Viejo, CA 92656 949-680-3082 - Office 949-330-7691 - fax