On Sun, Aug 16, 2009 at 2:41 AM, Suvayu Ali <[email protected]<fatkasuvayu%[email protected]> > wrote:
> On Saturday 15 August 2009 12:35 PM, Jay Mistry wrote: > >> On Sat, Aug 15, 2009 at 1:01 AM, Bruno Wolff III<[email protected]> wrote: >> >> On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 23:32:48 +0530, >> >>> Jay Mistry<[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> I had to re-install Fedora 10 on a home desktop PC. In regard to this: >>>> >>>> Is it possible to have a local cache/ "repository" of all >>>> 1) Updates (Critical, Security, Bug-fixes), and >>>> 2) Additional installed rpm's (that were installed through PackageKit), >>>> >>> e.g. >>> >>>> Opera, Adobe Reader, etc. >>>> so that I do not have to download all those again (800 MB + D/L) >>>> >>> >>> Sure. Just put the rpms of interest in a directory, run createrepo on the >>> directory and set up an appropriate repo description in >>> /etc/yum.repos.d/*.repo for some value of *. >>> >>> For myself I usually mirror the relevant arch parts of updates and >>> updates-testing and only put a few special things in a local repo. >>> >> >> >> As an extension of this: is it possible to upgrade a Fedora 10 install to >> Fedora 11, by using the Fedora 11 DVD as a local repository ? This would >> save me (and also lot of other people who do not have fast Internet >> connections and/or with time-capped Internet subscriptions), a lot of >> bandwidth and time (and $$). >> >> > This thread might be useful for creating a local repo > https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-list/2009-June/thread.html#01934 > Thanks for pointing it out. I will try out the instructions there and also at these 2 links later on in the week, http://www.labtestproject.com/using_linux/setup_to_install_software_package_from_fedora_10_dvd http://www.labtestproject.com/using_linux/install_software_from_fedora_installation_dvd Jay -- Fedora 10, Ubuntu 9.04 (i686)
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