Tell yum that a package is installed

I just built and installed iptables from source, and now I want to use
yum to install some other packages that depend on iptables. But yum
doesn't recognize that iptables is already installed, and it's wants
to install over it. Is there a way I can force yum to know it's
already there?

Thanks,
-Brian

1. Build iptables into an rpm and install the rpm (recommended)
2. Use rpm to install your other package and force nodeps

Ignoring dependencies is exactly contrary to the philosophy of yum, so
there's nothing you can do with yum that will change that, unless you
hack yum itself or, maybe, write a plugin.

Thanks, Allen. I'll look into your suggestion; I've be wanting to
learn how to create an rpm anyway.

-Brian

On Wed, 27 Aug 2008 05:28:59 -0700, mearns.b typed this message:

I think there is an option -t for tolerate command line errors, and a
yum plugin yum-skip-broken for a yum --skip-broken install

Worse case rpm --nodeps -Uhv

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1 29th April 06:17 External User Posts: 1	Tell yum that a package is installed I just built and installed iptables from source, and now I want to use yum to install some other packages that depend on iptables. But yum doesn't recognize that iptables is already installed, and it's wants to install over it. Is there a way I can force yum to know it's already there? Thanks, -Brian

2 29th April 16:29 allen kistler External User Posts: 1	Tell yum that a package is installed 1. Build iptables into an rpm and install the rpm (recommended) 2. Use rpm to install your other package and force nodeps Ignoring dependencies is exactly contrary to the philosophy of yum, so there's nothing you can do with yum that will change that, unless you hack yum itself or, maybe, write a plugin.

3 29th April 16:29 External User Posts: 1	Tell yum that a package is installed Thanks, Allen. I'll look into your suggestion; I've be wanting to learn how to create an rpm anyway. -Brian

4 29th April 16:29 noi ance External User Posts: 1	Tell yum that a package is installed On Wed, 27 Aug 2008 05:28:59 -0700, mearns.b typed this message: I think there is an option -t for tolerate command line errors, and a yum plugin yum-skip-broken for a yum --skip-broken install Worse case rpm --nodeps -Uhv