On Fri, 10 Nov 2000, Derek Martin wrote:
>> One of the things I love about Red Hat Linux over Microsoft Windows is how
>> *easy* it is to install a new package. "rpm -i foo" and *I'M DONE*.
>
> On the other hand, this method isn't all that flexible. If you're
> installing something to be shared, for example, you can't control WHERE it
> gets installed.
Well, remember, the whole idea of package management is centralized control.
The idea is that you install the RPM on a "master" system, and then share the
/usr filesystem to other systems.
If you prefer, you can use multiple RPM databases. Create a separate RPM DB
just for use for shared packages. Use --root and/or --dbpath to select that
database when installing packages to the shared location. This has the
advantage of keeping the "shared" stuff septate from the "local" stuff present
on the host system. This would be particularly useful if your are using
Network Attached Storage -- you could do the installs from any system, but
keep the same RPM database throughout.
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