On Tue, 2003-12-02 at 14:08, Don wrote:
On Mon, 2003-12-01 at 20:11, Iain Buchanan wrote:
> The easiest way would be to use redhat-config-packages with the --tree
> option, and then select everything.
I tried that and get this error:
[snip]
I never did get X installed on that system... I use ssh to come in
from
another (bigger/faster/more capable) machine.
Ah, yes. That a graphical program, so it will only work with X.
> Alternatively, you could do it by hand, which requires some
playing
> around to get it right:
>
> If you can somehow mount the install directory containing the rpms
> (which should be easy if its one of yours, eg by nfs) then you can just
That sounds cool, but I don't know how to do that. The ftp server is on
a Win2000 machine..... I'm working toward an all-linux set up, but
that's anothr story.
> cd <wherever>
> rpm -Uvh *rpm
That sounds the simplest.... all I need now is to learn how to mount a
windows folder over the network.... Ill see what I can find ...
If you have physical access to the machine, you could insert the cd's
into the drive, and cd (change directory) to each cd (compact disc :)
one by one. This may leave some dependacy problems across cd's so
alternatively you could copy all rpms to a temporary folder, and do it
that way.
Thinking about it a bit more, you can copy them via ftp to a local
folder, and then do the rpm thing.
HTH,
--
Iain Buchanan <iain(a)pcorp.nospam.com.au>
Thus spake the master programmer:
"Time for you to leave."
-- Geoffrey James, "The Tao of Programming"