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hfranco
Asked: 2012-01-19 09:20:35 +0800 CST

Install packages through yum from file

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Is there any way to install packages through yum from a file?

Something like:

yum -f packages.txt

I couldn't find anything in the man pages.

packages.txt would contain something like:

bash
bc
binutils
bzip2
bzip2-libs
ca-certificates
cairo
linux yum

2 Answers

  1. Best Answer
    xargs yum -y install < filename
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  2. This works:

    yum install `cat <filename> | tr '\n' ' '`

    As should:

    yum install `cat <filename>`

    I added the pipe to tr as a sanity check, just in case the environment is wacky.

    per a comment:

    yum install $(cat <filename>)

    will also work, rather than using the backticks.

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