On Sun, 2010-08-08 at 11:38 +0100, Frank Murphy wrote: > On 08/08/10 11:27, mike lan wrote: > > Hello > > I would like to update a machine offline after a f12 kde livecd > > default install > > i.e 200 mb or more of packages update > > is there a way to save the "yum cache", the .drpm and stuff and copy > > that onto on a newly f12 default install, to make update offline ? > > > > > > thanks > > > > yum-plugin-local > > It will sae all the rpms into a local folder as a repo, > which you could then possibly burn to a dvd? > > yum info yum-plugin-local > will give you some inf. > The other (more complex I guess) alternative is: - put the rpms in any folder. - run createrepo (see man createrepo for details) - this will create a repodata dir in the folder. - add a repo file to /etc/yum.repos.d/ - perform the update - remove the repo file and rpms directory I haven't used the yum plugin that Frank suggested. I'm pretty sure it'll be easier. I hope you have network enough to install that one package :P -- Thanks! Regards, Ankur https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Ankursinha "FranciscoD" -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
