FC5: software install problems

[Jim Cornette]

Tim wrote:
> On Tue, 2006-03-21 at 13:30 -0500, Jim Cornette wrote:
>> My thought for a good interface would be for pirut to browse in media 
>> looking for install media. If it finds local media under the /media 
>> directory, it uses it by default. If no Install media found, it works
>> as yum would do and looks on the Internet for the packages within the
>> repos that you have setup.
> 
> I've only briefly played with FC5, but would simply copying the install
> media RPM files into the appropriate YUM local cache directories avoid
> using an internet source unless updates were needed?  I've done this
> with prior versions.
> 

I had to do this for one installation because it would not update from 
the media even after I setup the local.repo file which pointed to the 
location where the dvd was mounted. I had to designate space locally, 
copy all of the RPM files over to my new local repository, install 
createrepo which was not installed on the system and then run createrepo 
rpms on the directory that I created, createrepo rpms/updates for the 
updates directory where I download the newer released packages to and 
the like. Pup still bombs when facing large upgrades, so using yum was 
needed to overcome the python error.

I was able to use the repo off of the dvd during test 3 on two different 
systems to upgrade releases. I might have set up something incorrect of 
it was just that the repodata or another structure changed from FC5T3 
and the final release.

Regardless, if one puts in the installation dvd or cdrom, an application 
should be able to launch itself, ask if you want to install from the 
local media or check for newer versions online. I think sort of update 
will hit FC5 soon.

Jim