Re: Ignore already-installed packages when multiple RPMs are passed

[Eli Carter <eli carter inet com>]

Toralf Lund wrote:
> Something I've been wondered about for as long as I've been using RPM:
>
> Is there a way I can get rpm -U or similar to simply skip any package 
> where the same ore a newer version is installed, but go ahead and 
> install the ones that need upgrade or first-time installation, rather 
> than simply exiting when the situation occurs?

If you are not familiar with apt and yum, take a look at
http://www.fedora.us/
and
http://www.fedora.us/wiki/FedoraHOWTO
They may fit your needs.

Also, rpm --freshen may do some of what you want.

HTH,

Eli
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