FC5: software install problems

[Dan]

Stephen Mirowski wrote:
> I am trying to install more programs from my FC5 discs, but the 
> install programs
> keep grabbing files from ftp mirrors instead of my CDs.
>
> First I tried: "Add/Remove Software"
> - picked OpenOffice and some other stuff, so it started download hundreds
> of MBs of files I already had on disc.
>
> Then I tried: "Nautilus"
> - Selected a whole bunch of OpenOffice files, right-clicked to install.
> Well it found all the dependencies on the net, and started to download
> them, even though they are on the distro CDs.
>
> Is there a way to use the GUI installers to install programs from the CDs
> only (like the way it used to work)  only download files if newer version
> are avail (Like Mandriva's RPM tool)?  Or is there another installer?
>
> Stephen
>
My FC5 installs on two different computers of two different arches (both 
DVD) didn't do any sort of ftp grabbing. Perhaps there are packages 
missing on your CDs for some reason?
-Dan