On 03/07/16 01:54, John R Pierce wrote: > On 3/6/2016 8:25 PM, g wrote: >> ok. so how about; >> >> yum shell install < pkginstalllist.file > > > yum install $(cat pkginstallist.file) > or > yum install `cat pkginstallist.file` > > should work unless that list is stupid long. > -- all i can say is "yum install $(cat pkginstallist.file)" worked 'slicker than owl poop'. :-D my bad in that i did not think to redirect output to catch packages that where not available. there where maybe 12 such, so it was not a problem to 'drag and drop' names while yum output scrolled. now all i have to do is figure out what packages are for and where i loaded them from, which a web search on names should answer. primarily, what is missing are cad, eda and spice progs. thank you for reply. i most gratefully appreciate your help. and i thank and appreciate others who replied. -- peace out. If Bill Gates got a dime for every time Windows crashes... ...oh, wait. He does. THAT explains it! -+- in a world with out fences, who needs gates. CentOS GNU/Linux 6.7 tc,hago. g .