On Tue, 29 Oct 2013, Les Mikesell wrote: > On Tue, Oct 29, 2013 at 5:20 PM, Michael Hennebry > <hennebry at web.cs.ndsu.nodak.edu> wrote: >> On Tue, 29 Oct 2013, Les Mikesell wrote: >> >>> Most repositories will have a 'name-release.rpm' where name is the >>> name of the repository. This will install the entry under >>> /etc/yum/repos.d and set up the gpg key for the rpms. If you have a >> >> These, for example: >> [hennebry at localhost rpms]$ ls >> atrpms-repo-6-6.el6.i686.rpm rpmforge-release-0.5.3-1.el6.rf.i686.rpm >> epel-release-6-8.noarch.rpm >> [hennebry at localhost rpms]$ >> ? > > Yes you can use a local copy of the rpm and either 'rpm -Uhv' it or > 'yum localinstall' it. > or: I should have been more clear: Are the above .rpm's repository install rpm's? I was hoping someone could tell me for sure. >>> URL to the repo release rpm, yum can install for you with: >>> yum install URL > > If you have the http URL that you used to download the rpm manually, > you can just 'yum install URL". Older versions of yum could not do > that so the documentation may not mention the simple approach. I do not. I started at the base urls given in .repo files and started looking for files that had the right names. -- Michael hennebry at web.cs.ndsu.NoDak.edu "On Monday, I'm gonna have to tell my kindergarten class, whom I teach not to run with scissors, that my fiance ran me through with a broadsword." -- Lily