12-21-2009
Quote:
Originally Posted by
pludi
You'd copy them the same way as any other file. But as soon as an RPM is installed, it's not needed anymore , not even for an upgrade. So most distributions regularly purge the cache for RPMs to save space, and only the repository management software needs to know where to get it again.
If you need the RPM itself, and didn't download it manually, check the installation media of your distribution.
OK, looks like this is the reason I cannot find the RPM anywhere and the cache is empty. I did not download it manually, I installed it from the repo via yum as mentioned in my OP.
So the answer to my question is: No, an RPM that was installed from the repo via yum on one machine cannot be copied to another machine. I need to download the RPM itself in order to copy it.
Thanks for the help, pludi.
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LEARN ABOUT CENTOS
show-changed-rco
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NAME
show-changed-rco - show changes in an RPM package
SYNOPSIS
show-changed-rco [options]
DESCRIPTION
show-changed-rco gives a compact description of the changes to a packages Requires, Conflicts and Obsoletes data from the installed (or
old) to a specified rpm file.
OPTIONS
-h, --help
show this help message and exit
-C, --cache
Tells repoquery to run entirely from YUM cache - does not download any metadata or update the cache. Queries in this mode can fail
or give partial/incorrect results if the cache isn't fully populated beforehand with eg "yum makecache".
-c <config file>, --config=<config file>
Use alternative config file (default is /etc/yum.conf).
--repoid=<repo>
Specify which repository to query. Using this option disables all repositories not explicitly enabled with --repoid option (can be
used multiple times). By default repoquery uses whatever repositories are enabled in YUM configuration.
--enablerepo=<repo>
In addition to the default set, query the given additional repository, even if it is disabled in YUM configuration. Can be used
multiple times.
--disablerepo=<repo>
Do not query the given repository, even if it is enabled in YUM configuration. Can be used multiple times.
--repofrompath=<repoid>,<path/url>
Specify a path or url to a repository (same path as in a baseurl) to add to the repositories for this query. This option can be used
multiple times. If you want to view only the pkgs from this repository combine this with --repoid. The repoid for the repository is
specified by <repoid>.
--old-packages=<pkg>
Explicitly list the valid old packages to match the new packages against.
--ignore-arch
Ignore arch. so you can compare foo-2.i686 to foo-1.x86_64.
--skip-new
Only give output for packages which we've found an old package for.
SEE ALSO
yum.conf (5)
http://yum.baseurl.org/
AUTHORS
See the Authors file included with this program.
BUGS
There are of course no bugs, but should you find any, you should first consult the FAQ section on http://yum.baseurl.org/wiki/Faq and if
unsuccessful in finding a resolution contact the mailing list: yum-devel@lists.baseurl.org. To file a bug use http://bugzilla.redhat.com
for Fedora/RHEL/Centos related bugs and http://yum.baseurl.org/report for all other bugs.
James Antill 30 March 2011 show-installed(1)