CentOS - Dec 2005 - yum vs rpm

If I have a local rpm file, what is the difference between running
"rpm -i" and "yum localinstall"?

When I do "rpm -i", I can still see the info via "yum info",
so is there
a difference?

-- 
Bowie

On 12/30/05, Bowie Bailey <Bowie_Bailey at buc.com>
wrote:
> If I have a local rpm file, what is the difference between running
> "rpm -i" and "yum localinstall"?
>
> When I do "rpm -i", I can still see the info via "yum
info", so is there
> a difference?
>
Doing rpm -i will not help you solve dependency issues. If the package
you're installing requires something you don't have, you'll have to
go
get it manually. yum removes this headache.
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--
Jim Perrin
System Architect - UIT
Ft Gordon & US Army Signal Center

I'm not sure, but yum will certainly download and install dependencies 
that are available in its package repository.
rpm won't.

If you don't have dependencies, it is the same.

Bowie Bailey wrote:
>If I have a local rpm file, what is the difference between running
>"rpm -i" and "yum localinstall"?
>
>When I do "rpm -i", I can still see the info via "yum
info", so is there
>a difference?
>
>  
>