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

Not Now · Answer 1 · 2012-01-18 17:29:12Z

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xargs yum -y install < filename

answered Jan 18 at 17:29

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warren · Answer 2 · 2012-01-18 22:04:29Z

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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.

answered Jan 18 at 17:30

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	Just tried the exact same thing - interestingly enough, it doesn't seem necessary to remove the line breaks (although, of course, it works with them removed) – cyberx86 Jan 18 at 17:33
	@cyberx86 - I did the `tr` bit out of paranoia :) – warren Jan 18 at 17:34
	The accepted practice nowadays is to wrap Bash shell commands with $( foo bar) instead of backticks. – Adrian Jan 18 at 20:43
	@AdrianK - thanks for the suggestion. I've been using backticks for a really long time ... it'll take some getting used to :) – warren Jan 18 at 22:04

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