Carl Lowenstein wrote: > There was in the past (Fedora Core 3) a GUI application invoked by > Applications -> System Settings -> Add/Remove Applications > This actually invoked /usr/bin/system-config-packages, and allowed one > to install software from the set of CDs that were used for the initial > system setup. > > The corresponding functionality seems to have disappeared from Fedora > Core 5. I don't instantly have a Core4 system to check against. The > would-be replacement seems to be > CircleF -> System -> Add/Remove Software > which invokes /usr/bin/pirut which requires a network connection. Not > the best thing to use if one does not always have a network connection > and wants to add software from the CDs because it was overlooked in > the initial installation. > > I know how to do this with RPM and building a list of which packages > are on which CDs, but I still have to do my own dependency fighting. > How should the typical GUI-oriented new user cope? >
You have stated the problem very nicely. I believe you have overlooked nothing, but maybe there _is_ some trick known to FC developers. It seems like a perfect post as a fedora bug. ..jim -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-newbie
