YUM Local Installation – How to Install .rpms on CentOS

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I'm asking this question cautiously because I don't want to get this wrong.

I have a program_name.rpm file saved locally on my server (CentOS 6.5).

I have installed it previously just by navigating to it and using yum install program_name.rpm which worked fine but it didn't give me any option to specify where it is installed.

Is it possible to install this rpm to /opt/some_directory instead of it's default install location?

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Use rpm

rpm -ivh package.rpm

If you want to install it on different place use:

rpm -ivh -r /new/path package.rpm

but be aware under new root will be recreated the directory structure from package

Confirm part of RPM

This looks like yum/RPM is complaining because a requirement has not been met. I would typically use this command to confirm that files are under the control of RPM.

$ locate libclntsh

If this returns a path, then check with RPM to see if it controls it:

$ rpm -qf <path from locate command>

If RPM doesn't control this file, it doesn't matter if it's on the system, from RPM's perspective it isn't installed.

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I came across this thread which looks to be identical to the issue you are having. The only tangible suggestion from that thread is to make sure that the files you're working with are on the local system. I don't think that's your issue but have a look at the thread anyway, might shed some light for you.

Problem with Oracle 12c Installation on RHEL6.

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