On Mon, 10 Jan 2005 16:32:11 -0500 (EST), William Hooper <whooperhsd3@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Kam Leo said: > > > Restricting oneself to CDs after installing upgraded packages is going > > to require more effort than using smart or synaptic and the internet. The > > packages listed above need to be downgraded/replaced with the ones on the > > CDs so that the package group on the CDs can be installed > > using system-config-package. Any additional conficts need the > > downgrade/replacement routine. > > Gee, this sounds familiar. > Sure is. It's been quoted many times in other threads. But I believe it is worth repeating: "In order to install some packages you may need to downgrade/replace newer packages!" > > If the OP has the disk space my advice is to A) create a local > > repository for all packages on the CDs; > > And so does this. > Yes, again. However, you didn't advise the OP to use smart to resolve and ameliorate the downgrade/replacement task ahead. An interactive gui application is much better than iterating through numerous rpm dependency outputs. > -- > William Hooper
