On Thu, 2003-11-06 at 22:40, Rob Blomquist wrote: > In a previous email Dr. Monkeynoodle spake thusly: > > "2 urpmi /the/rpm/you/got. " > > Is there an advantage to "urpmi"-ing it rather than "rpm -ivh"-ing it? > > It seems to me that urpmi is just a searching front end for rpm. > > Fire away. > > Rob
just like an rpm is nothing more than a cpio archive I guess. URPMI has the advantages most heavily in assuring that dependencies are maintained, rpms are signed, and verified. however if you've done all the leg work. You know that all of the dependencies are met and that the rpm matches your distro. You end up in the same place. James
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