dnf install from list file

[Patrick Dupre]

Hello,

How can I make a dnf install "list of pkgs in a file"?

I tried dnf install `file`

but it does not work.

Thank

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[Richard Shaw]

As long as you're sure you want to install all of those packages then:

# cat 'file' | xargs dnf -y install

should do it. You have to do the -y because dnf will just exit if you
don't. You can't run an interactive prompt...

Thanks,
Richard

[stan]

On Thu, 21 Feb 2019 15:36:08 +0100
"Patrick Dupre"  wrote:
> How can I make a dnf install "list of pkgs in a file"?
>
> I tried dnf install `file`
>
> but it does not work.

I usually use a python script to read the file and run dnf in a
subprocess for each package.  That way, a single problem doesn't stop
the whole update.

I haven't tried these, so I don't know if they work, but you could try
dnf update < $(cat file)
or
cat file | xargs dnf update

Because I haven't tried them, there may be syntax or grammar errors in
the commands.  The first should treat the file as a group, and will be
faster if there are no dependency errors.  The second should do each
package individually, so will be slower but error tolerant.

[Roger Heflin]

dnf install `cat file`

On Thu, Feb 21, 2019 at 9:02 AM stan via users
 wrote:
> On Thu, 21 Feb 2019 15:36:08 +0100
> "Patrick Dupre"  wrote:
> > How can I make a dnf install "list of pkgs in a file"?
> >
> > I tried dnf install `file`
> >
> > but it does not work.
>
> I usually use a python script to read the file and run dnf in a
> subprocess for each package.  That way, a single problem doesn't stop
> the whole update.
>
> I haven't tried these, so I don't know if they work, but you could try
> dnf update < $(cat file)
> or
> cat file | xargs dnf update
>
> Because I haven't tried them, there may be syntax or grammar errors in
> the commands.  The first should treat the file as a group, and will be
> faster if there are no dependency errors.  The second should do each
> package individually, so will be slower but error tolerant.
>
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