Re: dnf install from list file
dnf install `cat file`
On Thu, Feb 21, 2019 at 9:02 AM stan via users
<users(a)lists.fedoraproject.org> wrote:
>
> On Thu, 21 Feb 2019 15:36:08 +0100
> "Patrick Dupre" <pdupre(a)gmx.com> wrote:
>
> > How can I make a dnf install "list of pkgs in a file"?
> >
> > I tried dnf install `file`
> >
> > but it does not work.
>
> I usually use a python script to read the file and run dnf in a
> subprocess for each package. That way, a single problem doesn't stop
> the whole update.
>
> I haven't tried these, so I don't know if they work, but you could try
> dnf update < $(cat file)
> or
> cat file | xargs dnf update
>
> Because I haven't tried them, there may be syntax or grammar errors in
> the commands. The first should treat the file as a group, and will be
> faster if there are no dependency errors. The second should do each
> package individually, so will be slower but error tolerant.
>
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