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Yum- disable database update on package install

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Mar 15, 20263901 views
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Problem

I'm using Fedora 15 and every time I try to install something with yum, yum tries to update the repository database. For most people this would be great and handy, but I'm stuck behind super slow internet (well, kinda slow, something like 1 Mbps), and the update takes a minute or so. The database i…

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Fix for: Yum- disable database update on package install

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Passing to yum will tell it to only use the metadata in the current cache. Note that this will cause the operation to fail if it needs metadata that is not currently in the cache, or if the metadata from the various repositories are not in sync.

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