New boot failure
Craig White
craigwhite at azapple.com
Thu Apr 29 01:03:52 UTC 2010
On Wed, 2010-04-28 at 19:42 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote:
> >A little hint: use yum localinstall (without --), and optional with
> >--nogpgcheck for unsigned packages. It resolves dependecies
> >automatically.
> >
> In that event, the friggin help screen is worthless. Sigh.
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none are so blind as those who do not see
$ yum --help
Loaded plugins: dellsysidplugin2, downloadonly, fastestmirror,
priorities, refresh-packagekit
Usage: yum [options] COMMAND
List of Commands:
check Check for problems in the rpmdb
check-update Check for available package updates
clean Remove cached data
deplist List a package's dependencies
downgrade downgrade a package
erase Remove a package or packages from your system
groupinfo Display details about a package group
groupinstall Install the packages in a group on your system
grouplist List available package groups
groupremove Remove the packages in a group from your system
help Display a helpful usage message
history Display, or use, the transaction history
info Display details about a package or group of packages
install Install a package or packages on your system
list List a package or groups of packages
localinstall Install a local RPM
makecache Generate the metadata cache
provides Find what package provides the given value
reinstall reinstall a package
repolist Display the configured software repositories
resolvedep Determine which package provides the given dependency
search Search package details for the given string
shell Run an interactive yum shell
update Update a package or packages on your system
upgrade Update packages taking obsoletes into account
version Display a version for the machine and/or available repos.
Worthless?
For a long time user of Linux, this is a pathetic diatribe. You should
know how to type 'command --help' and see what is wrong. It is something
you should have learned at least 5 years ago.
Craig
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