On 26/11/20 08:31, Michael D. Setzer II wrote:
On 25 Nov 2020 at 11:58, Mayavimmer wrote:
> How do I sync rpm packages with another computer?
> I have a list of the remote's rpms generated with "rpm -qa".
> I expect to have to modify a couple of packages in the list due to
> hardware dependent rpms like xorg.
> Otherwise it should be a simple matter of downloading the rpms from the
> edited list and then installing them.
> Or is there already a script for this?
Rather than a using rpm -qa list, I use
rpm --qf "%{NAME}.%{ARCH}\n" -qa
I use a script listrpm to make a listing
#!/usr/bin/bash
rpm --qf "%{NAME}.%{ARCH}\n" -qa | sort | grep -v gpg-pubkey >
installed_pkgs"$(date +%F)".txt
Then you can copy the file, and run dnf install with that piped into it.
Also, do this if I create a machine with a clean install of an OS, and then
want to add the missing packages. Sometimes get errors on packages that
might no longer be available, but then just delete those lines from file.
Good Luck.
Ah, good idea to exclude gpg-pubkey.
Why only use NAME and ARCH?
Anyway, summary of interesting points, so far:
* There is probably no ready made script, then write one.
* Let's call the two hosts Master and Clone.
* Should probably install Master-only packages first, then remove
Clone-only ones.
* Clone the Master repo configuration, possibly removing Clone-only repos?
.... But could have problems removing rpms!
.... And may not want redundant repos??
.... Maybe solve this problem by inverting the order like this:
........ 1. Remove Clone-only rpms (ugh, could remove too much!)
........ 2. Zero Clone repo config and replace with Master repo config
........ 3. Install
* Prepare rpmlist for easy parsing, maybe use the tilde char:
.... rpm -qa --qf="%{NAME}-%{EVR}.%{ARCH}\n" # almost same as rpm -qa
.... rpm -qa --qf="%{NAME}~%{EVR}~%{ARCH}\n" # almost same as rpm -qa
* Identify special rpms to exclude from cloning:
.... *-gpg-pubkey-*
.... Some xorg rpm tied to a non default graphics card
.... Other rpms that were installed non from repo in Master
* What to do when downgrading some rpms??
* Ok, here is a first attempt at the install-first-then-remove case:
.... 1. Ensure Clone repo config is the same Master's.
.... 2. Master # rpm -qa --qf="%{NAME}~%{EVR}~%{ARCH}\n"
........ | sort | grep -v gpg-pubkey > master-rpms
........ # Note: still not exactly the same as rpm -qa
.... 3. Clone # rpm -qa --qf="%{NAME}~%{EVR}~%{ARCH}\n"
........ | sort | grep -v gpg-pubkey > clone-rpms
.... 4. Compare the two lists in various ways, using tilde fields.
.... 4. Edit master-rpms to eliminate unwanted rpms.
.... 5. Clone # dnf install $(<edited-master-rpms)
.... # Now do it again to compare
.... 6. Clone # rpm -qa --qf="%{NAME}~%{EVR}~%{ARCH}\n"
........ | sort | grep -v gpg-pubkey > clone-rpms
.... 7. Clone # vimdiff edited-master-rpms clone-rpms
.... 8. Repeat until all differences are sorted out