On Sun, 18 Aug 2002, Matthew O. Persico wrote:
> I am sick and tired of shuffling the 3cds whenever I have to hunt down multiple RPMs
>to install a new piece of software. I have a 80GB hard drive. Is there a traditional
>place to which I should copy all the RPMS (/usr/src perhaps?) Or should I just make a
>new partition called /cds and copy them to /cds/cd1, /cds/cd2/ and /cds/cd3?
>
> --
> Matt
um Matt... that is why Urpmi is part of the ditribution you've chosen to
install on your system. Urpmi takes the misery out of having to hunt down
the package you want to install that you're not sure which CD it's on.
EX: urpmi some-package-name <ENTER>
If the package is on the CD's and you're logged in as root it will tell
you which CD to place in the Drive so you can install the package. If it's
not on the CD's then it won't know what you're talking about and it will
tell you so.
Another very painless way you can do this very same thing is to use the
systems software manager. It's called rpmdrake. This is the same little
gem of a program that allows you to do the updates for your system. Get to
know it. It's not the monster some would have you believe it is. You can
also use the search function contained on it to search your system to see
if the package you're looking for is already on your system.
Try one or both of these methods the next time you wish to install a
package that you think may be on the CD's, but you're not certain. I have
a feeling you'll be very pleasantly surprised.
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