OffLine Updates

[VJ]

just run 

rpm -Fvh /mnt/cdrom/*.rpm

assuming the cd is mounted at /mnt/cdrom. If not, change it accordingly.

VJ

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Hart" <mixstat at bigpond.net.au>
To: "For users of Fedora Core releases" <fedora-list at redhat.com>
Sent: Sunday, August 22, 2004 11:37 PM
Subject: OffLine Updates


> A few months ago I downloaded all the updates and loaded them onto a CD. 
>   Now a colleague want to set up a system off line (that may go online 
> to a bandwidth limited account later).
> 
> What I want to do is loan him my CD and have, say, yum use the CD to 
> update his system?
> 
> Alternatively is ther some sort of shell script that I can use that will 
> check that he has a particular package installed then upgrade it if 
> necessary.
> 
> Does rpm -U -all check packages first?
> 
> Michael
> 
> 
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