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.