Re: How to install a bunch of RPMS if some are already installed?

[Jag <agrajag dragaera net>]

On Thu, 2002-07-25 at 12:52, Alan Hagge wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> Hopefully this is easy and I've just overlooked something, but I've
> checked man pages, mailing lists, FAQs, etc. to no avail.  Here's what I
> want to do:
> 
> I have a directory with a collection of RPMS in it.  I need to install
> ALL of these RPMS on my machine.  The caveat is that SOME are already
> installed.  So the behavior I'm looking for is:
> 
> - If a package isn't installed, install it.
> - If a package is installed, but is older, upgrade it.
> - If a package is installed and the same version as the one in the
> directory, do nothing.
> 
> What rpm command can give this behavior?  rpm -i or -U will complain
> that some packages are already installed and refuse to install the
> others.  rpm -F won't install/upgrade anything that's not already
> installed.  And I can't find an option to tell -i or -U to continue even
> if some packages are already installed.
> 
> Any hints, suggestions, workarounds, etc. GREATLY appreciated.

This is what librpm, rpm-python, and rpm-perl are for :)