I am having trouble using wildcards ("*") with yum in Centos 5.
Listing
or installing packages using them just immeidately fails with a "No
match"
error, and I'm not sure why. Here is an example. Any comments? I'd
love
to fix this.
[root at granta ~]# ps -e | grep yum
2706 ? 00:00:22 yum-updatesd
[root at granta ~]# yum list | grep kern
kernel.x86_64 2.6.18-8.1.1.el5 installed
kernel-devel.x86_64 2.6.18-8.1.1.el5 installed
kernel-headers.x86_64 2.6.18-8.1.1.el5 installed
kernel-doc.noarch 2.6.18-8.1.1.el5 updates
kernel-xen.x86_64 2.6.18-8.1.1.el5 updates
kernel-xen-devel.x86_64 2.6.18-8.1.1.el5 updates
yum-kernel-module.noarch 1.0.3-1.el5.centos extras
[root at granta ~]# yum list kern*
yum: No match.
[root at granta ~]# yum list kernel
Loading "installonlyn" plugin
Setting up repositories
Reading repository metadata in from local files
Installed Packages
kernel.x86_64 2.6.18-8.1.1.el5 installed
[root at granta ~]#
Similarly, something like "yum install xorg-x11-font*" would fail with
a
"No match" error, but the packages show up in a full list.
The machine is a fresh x86_64 install from DVD, yesterday. I previously
ran CentOS 4.4 on it with no problems.
-Brian
On Tue, Apr 17, 2007 at 11:04:57AM -0500, Brian Barnes wrote:> I am having trouble using wildcards ("*") with yum in Centos 5. ListingYou're probably having problems with shell expansions.> [root at granta ~]# yum list kern* > yum: No match.This is the shell saying that; it's trying to expand kern* and failing. Whenever you use * or ? on command lines you should quote them. So yum list 'kern*' OR yum list kern\* to stop the shell from changing your input. -- rgds Stephen
On 4/17/07, Brian Barnes <bcbarnes at artsci.wustl.edu> wrote:> I am having trouble using wildcards ("*") with yum in Centos 5. Listing > or installing packages using them just immeidately fails with a "No match" > error, and I'm not sure why. Here is an example. Any comments? I'd love > to fix this.> Similarly, something like "yum install xorg-x11-font*" would fail with a > "No match" error, but the packages show up in a full list. > > The machine is a fresh x86_64 install from DVD, yesterday. I previously > ran CentOS 4.4 on it with no problems.This will likely be a hit-or-miss shell expansion problem, as bash(or whatever shell you're using) gets to the * before yum does. Try something like the following: yum list xorg-x11-font\* or yum list 'xorg-x11-font*' with single ticks to prevent any unwanted shell foolishness. -- During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act. George Orwell
On Tue, 2007-04-17 at 11:04 -0500, Brian Barnes wrote:> I am having trouble using wildcards ("*") with yum in Centos 5. Listing > or installing packages using them just immeidately fails with a "No match" > error, and I'm not sure why. Here is an example. Any comments? I'd love > to fix this.Try escaping your wildcard: yum list kernel\* -Steve