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

Is foobar an existing program or just an example?

try:

yum install "foobar*"

with the quotes included.


Alain Spineux wrote:
> # yum install foobar
> Loading "installonlyn" plugin
> Setting up Install Process
> Setting up repositories
> Reading repository metadata in from local files
> Parsing package install arguments
> Nothing to do
> 
> Here is the output of my centos 4
> 
> # yum install foobar
> Setting up Install Process
> Setting up repositories
> Reading repository metadata in from local files
> Parsing package install arguments
> No Match for argument: foobar    <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< This is missing in centos5
> Nothing to do
> 
> 
> any idea