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@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Thus spake the master programmer: "Time for you to leave." -- Geoffrey James, "The Tao of Programming"
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