On Fri, Oct 08, 2004 at 01:06:25PM +0200, Pasha wrote: > On Fri, 2004-10-08 at 12:32, mfr100@xxxxxxxxx wrote: > > I am quite new to Linux and I would like to update X-Window using RPMs that I downloaded from Fedora Core web site. > > I have saved them in one local folder and when I try to run rpm command I have dependency errors. > > > > Where can I find instructions for update X-Window? > > Or is it possible to make so that Yum use a local directory instead of the Internet? > > You can use yum-arch command to create a repository from a local dir. > Then use file:/// URL in /etc/yum.conf to point to that repository. Look > at man for yum-arch and yum.conf to get the details. > I would just use yum to do the whole job. Search for an application called yummy which when installed will fine a good yum repository for you and install it in yum.conf. Then yum update will do everything for you. -- ------------------------------------------- Aaron Konstam Computer Science Trinity University One Trinity Place. San Antonio, TX 78212-7200 telephone: (210)-999-7484 email:akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxx
