[CentOS] yum install foobar, silently ignore the unknown foobar package -> Nothing to do

[Ioannis Vranos]

Yes I checked it. I suppose you must get used to the message "Nothing to 
do" when the package requested is not available.

If you are on X.Org you can use yumex.



Alain Spineux wrote:
> On Jan 20, 2008 1:05 AM, Ioannis Vranos <ivranos at freemail.gr> wrote:
>> Is foobar an existing program or just an example?
> 
> :-)
> 
> some more sample
> 
> # yum install somba postfox closedvpn cvsversion unzop GCC binuseless
> Loading "installonlyn" plugin
> Setting up Install Process
> Setting up repositories
> Reading repository metadata in from local files
> Parsing package install arguments
> Nothing to do
> 
> I'm expecting a error telling me package don't exist like in centos4 :
> 
> # yum install somba postfox closedvpn cvsversion unzop GCC binuseless
> Setting up Install Process
> Setting up repositories
> update                    100% |=========================|  951 B    00:00
> base                      100% |=========================| 1.1 kB    00:00
> addons                    100% |=========================|  951 B    00:00
> extras                    100% |=========================| 1.1 kB    00:00
> Reading repository metadata in from local files
> Parsing package install arguments
> No Match for argument: somba
> No Match for argument: postfox
> No Match for argument: closedvpn
> No Match for argument: cvsversion
> No Match for argument: unzop
> No Match for argument: GCC
> No Match for argument: binuseless
> Nothing to do
> 
> ops I forgot to mention foobar, but you can try at home this out of danger.