I wouldn't recommend putting them anywhere under /usr/src/packages/. That's where you would build new RPMs, and someone else coming along might not recognize them as vendor-supplied.
Essentially, if you're only going to install something on one system, where the RPMs are located at the point of installation isn't very important. If you plan on installing them on multiple systems, then you might want to consider setting up some form of repository on one system, and pull the packages from the others. To answer the OP's question directly, I don't believe there is such a document as he wants. Mark Post -----Original Message----- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Neale Ferguson Sent: Thursday, April 13, 2006 1:11 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: install methods - best practices? You don't even need to download RPMs to install them. You can use rpm -Uhv http://... or other URL. If you do want to put them somewhere then /usr/src/packages/RPMS/s390x is probably as good as place as any, but as soon as they are installed you can delete them. The install process extracts the needed files from the RPM package and puts them where they are supposed to go, the database is updated with information about the package and its contents, and the system is through with the .rpm file. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
