Hi there,
Nick Rout wrote:
On Sun, 2004-06-27 at 20:00, Chris Wilkinson wrote:
across from my new computer, since most apps I've downloaded the rpm or source manually. Gimp 2.0 however came from contrib using rpmdrake, so there is no single rpm file to transfer...
does rpmdrake not keep the rpm's on the computer? so checj that it has not been cached in some obscure directory. something like:
locate gimp|grep rpm
should find it for you (if it is there).
Nothing there. /var/cache/urpmi/partial had part of an rpm that I had to cancel the install on due to having to free the phone line, but it hasn't cached any complete rpms...
My question is this...can I build an rpm from an already-installed
software package?
not really, not in any easy way anyway. binary rpm's are built from source rpms
I might just have to lump it and do a manual copy across...there are hundreds of files in the package but thankfully only a few directories that they are all stored in! :-)
tell me where it is and I could download it for you.
I have yet to buy an old hard disk to put in the machine, but once I do I'll try the manual copy...I'll let you know how it goes...
Cheers.
-- Kind regards,
Chris Wilkinson, Christchurch, New Zealand. Canterbury Horse Taxis. http://www.horsetaxis.co.nz/
