by the way for future reference "yum provides */kalarm" would have
told you if it was in a package with a different name than you expect.
also I always check rpm.pbone.net its very useful for finding rpm's in
3rd party repos.

On Tue, Jun 2, 2015 at 2:42 PM, Mark Stodola <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> That is a source rpm.  It contains the source files and settings to build
> the binary packages for a target system.  Installing it would give you the
> files necessary to run it through rpmbuild.  You would then need to install
> the resulting package, assuming you have all of the required libraries and
> development tools needed for a successful build.  Many people use a tool
> called mock to help accomplish this.
>
>
> On 06/02/2015 12:35 PM, [log in to unmask] wrote:
>>
>> this version is independent,
>> http://pkgs.repoforge.org/kaffeine/kaffeine-0.8.7-1.rf.src.rpm
>>
>> can it be installed with yumex? or should i use one of these,
>>
>> su yum localinstall kaffeine-0.8.7-1.rf.src.rpm
>>
>> yum install kaffeine-0.8.7-1.rf.src.rpm
>>
>> su -c 'yum -y install kaffeine-0.8.7-1.rf.src.rpm'
>>
>> (i'm about ready to give up)
>>
>> --- Original Message ---
>> From: Mark Stodola <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: "[log in to unmask]" <[log in to unmask]>
>> Subject: Re: how to add packages that are not in the repo?
>> Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2015
>>
>> On 06/02/2015 11:01 AM, Tini wrote:
>>>
>>> can you make a repo install the version that you want,
>>> instead of the latest version?
>>>
>>> i want this: http://pkgs.repoforge.org/kaffeine/ (ver. 0.8)
>>>
>>> but instead i keep getting version 1.0
>>>
>>> -Tini
>>
>>
>> If you look carefully at that repo, you will notice that 0.8 is for EL 5
>> and below. If you are getting 1.1, I am guessing you are on EL 6.
>>
>> There are ways to specify versions/roll back, but in this case I don't
>> think it is a good idea to mix packages like that.
>>
>> If you are feeling adventurous you could try it I guess.
>> Just include the full release info in the package name I think.
>> kaffeine-0.8.7-1.el5.rf.x86_64
>>
>> Alternately, you can just download by hand and toss it in with yum or
>> rpm. If you have automated yum updates, it will get caught and upgraded
>> unless you exclude/blacklist it.
>>
>