Updating and installing packages without an internet connection

[John Brier]

suvayu ali wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I am getting a new desktop probably today, and is going to install F10 on
> it. However my problem is I don't have an internet connection at home. So is
> there a way to apply updates? I did find some suggestions in the archives.
> Most said to download all the updates onto some media and use rpm -Fvh
> *.rpm. Even if I overlook the size of the downloads, this won't work if I
> were to install new packages. How would dependency resolution work in that
> case? Is there any way I can find that out beforehand and download all the
> dependency pacakges as well?
> 
> The only machines with an internet connection I have access to, are at the
> university. However since all of them run Ubuntu, doing an rpm query on the
> new package is not feasible. Any suggestions?
> 
> 

You can make a local yum repo with the installation DVD ISO or maybe 
even the Fedora Spins to get the newer rpms:

http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-9893

John Brier