[Yum] exactarch and update or install

seth vidal skvidal at phy.duke.edu
Fri Feb 13 05:11:03 UTC 2004



> I'm asking this question because I had the problem that yum refuses to 
> install a RPM on my system. The RPM has as architecture i686 but my base 
> architecture is i386 (according to yum, the CPU is a P4) and so yum 
> couldn't find the package with "yum install". Is there an option of the 
> exactarch parameter which affects "yum install" as well?

yum install won't care about exactarch - exactarch is only for staying
with the same arch during an update or an upgrade. During a first
install it will install the one best one for your arch.

-sv





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