[Yum] using yum to install a package/rpm on my system...

[seth vidal]

On Sun, 2004-07-18 at 18:25 -0700, bruce wrote:
> i've downloaded yum, perused the docs... and i'm trying to install/update an
> rpm...
> 
> the rpm is a beta for mysql. i have the rpm/package on my box. i do an
> 
> yum install MySQL-Max-4.1.3-0.i386
> 
> and yum states that it can't find the package. is there some way to force
> yum to see the rpm/package in a given dir?? i would imagine that there
> should be a way to solve this, and that i'm just missing something...

yum install MySQL-Max should do it - don't specify the full
version+arch.

only newer versions of yum allow arch-specification - the ones for rhl
8.0 won't.

-sv