Re: command wvdial not found

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On Tuesday 07 December 2010 13:16:01 suvayu ali wrote:

> On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 2:04 PM, Adil Adil <adil.drissi@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> > The problem now is that even yum does not work properly. Does it nead an

> > internet connection to work properly?

> >

> > because once i'm in fedora i'm not connected to internet.

>

> yum needs an internet connection to download the packages for you. I

> think what you have to do is download the packages you want manually

> from the repos using some other computer with an internet connection.

> Then you can install with yum using,

>

> $ yum install /path/to/rpm/*.rpm

>

> But the difficult part is, you would need to figure out and download

> all the dependencies for your package yourself. I think the easiest

> solution for you is to go to some cafe/shop with free wifi (Starbucks,

> McDonalds or their equivalent in your country) and use the wifi to

> install your package with yum. Or you could connect using ethernet.

> Either way, getting connected to the internet somehow is the solution.

>

> GL

I don't think there are any dependencies for wvdial. So it should be ok to just download it and localinstall it.

Tony

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