On 06/17/2010 11:39 AM, Rajesh kumar wrote: > My problem is that i dont have root permission in my system in office. I > need to install some packages for my development, usually i used to download > the source, install using ./configure --perfix=path to my local directory, > and use make and make install, i have added my local bin directory to > bash.rc file so that i can use all the installed commands. > > Similar way i need to use YUM to install in my local repos, because its very > difficult to install a source having toomuch of dependencies . >
Yum does support a --installroot option which you can use to install packages into a chroot which might be some location under your home folder. Maintaining a clean chroot like that wastes a lot of space however. You might want to talk to your office sys admin instead. Rahul _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
