Mount iso to install rpm's using "add/remove applications" - can'tfind cd

[Jeroen Tiebout]

Thx Duncan,
Now i only have to get my network going. I was thinking that was going to be
easy... not
see post: "eth issue: dhcp works, ping dchp server fails" april 4 2004

Any help on installing from the iso's still welcome

Thx all,
Jeroen

-----Original Message-----
From: fedora-list-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:fedora-list-bounces at redhat.com]
On Behalf Of duncan brown
Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2004 9:23 PM
To: For users of Fedora Core releases
Subject: Re: Mount iso to install rpm's using "add/remove applications" -
can'tfind cd

well, if you have broadband, you're going to be a-ok.

yum install [package]
yum search [keyword]

by default, yum's configuration pionts you at redhat's repository, which is
SLOW.  edit /etc/yum.conf and change it to look like this:

-------

[duncan at atom art]$ cat /etc/yum.conf
[main]
cachedir=/var/cache/yum
debuglevel=2
logfile=/var/log/yum.log
pkgpolicy=newest
distroverpkg=fedora-release
tolerant=1
exactarch=1
 
[base]
name=Fedora Core 1 Base :: [http://mirror.phy.bnl.gov]
baseurl=http://mirror.phy.bnl.gov/fedora-core/1/i386/os
 
[updates-released]
name=Fedora Core 1 Updates :: [http://mirror.phy.bnl.gov]
baseurl=http://mirror.phy.bnl.gov/fedora-core/updates/1/i386
 
[fedora-extra]
name=Fedora Core 1 Extras :: [http://www.fedora.us]
baseurl=http://mirrors.kernel.org/fedora.us/fedora/fedora/1/i386/yum/stable
[duncan at atom art]$

----

now, to make life even easier: after you do this, run

yum install apt synaptic

this will install apt and synaptic, once that's done, run

apt-get update

this will present you with options to pick mirrors for various packages
(including LOTS that aren't on the official fedora cds)

now, when you want to install packages, it's all in a gui (with synaptic)...
go: menu -> system tools -> more system tools -> synaptic

-d

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeroen Tiebout" <jeroen.tiebout at yuru.be>
Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2004 18:19:48 +0200
To: "'For users of Fedora Core releases'" <fedora-list at redhat.com>
Subject: Mount iso to install rpm's using "add/remove applications" -
can'tfind cd

> Hi all,
> 
> I just installed Fedora Core 1 on my Sony Vaio PCG-C1VE (no internal 
> disk, nor cd).
> (this is my first linux install, have minimal experience using, 
> looking good, but slow) I used XP (which i already deleted (jeej!) to 
> create a fat32 partition at the end of the disk containing the 
> yarrow-i386 iso files.
> Installation went flawless (except for the 1024x480 Lcd, but i got 
> that working (jeej! again)
> 
> Now i would like to add some packages (from the iso files, btw md5sum 
> says they're ok) Mounting the iso files works fine.
> ..# mount -o loop -t iso9660 /mnt/osshare/yarrow-yadieyadieya.iso 
> /mnt/cdrom Browsing the files works
> 
> When i run the gnome - system settings - Add/Remove Application 
> utility, It says it can't find the cd.
> 
> Can i get this to work or do i have to manualy install rpm's? (i'm a 
> noob) Are there lists available explaining the content (or a 
> description) of the rpm's on the fedora cd's? The utility has a short 
> description for each rpm, but takes minutes to load on this system 
> (that will be my next mission -speeding up the damn thing)
> 
> Cheers,
> Jeroen
> 
> --
> Something about dark rooms, pills and pacman
> 
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