[Yum] How to force yum to install rather then update packages (c.f. kernel packages)

Jim Perrin jperrin at gmail.com
Mon Oct 16 16:52:20 UTC 2006


> So am I just out of luck and must forget about using yum to
> install/maintain my systems or is there some way to handle this?

Had you consulted the yum.conf man page, you'd notice the
'installonlypkgs' option. You can use this to do exactly what you're
after.


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