Linux – How to 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

xargs yum -y install < filename

There are few problems that can't be solved with a healthy dose of awk-fu:

yum list | awk '$1 ~ /^openoffice\.org-[^l].*$/ { print $1 }' | xargs yum install

If you prefer, you can download the proper package (deb, rpm..) from the official website: http://www.openoffice.org/download/other.html

After you can install with rpm or with yum.