F7 DVD problem -

Bob Goodwin - W2BOD bobgoodwin at wildblue.net
Sun Jun 10 12:54:08 UTC 2007


Ed Greshko wrote:
> Bob Goodwin - W2BOD wrote:
>
>   
>> We have two options available to us in this rural area unless you count
>> the local cable company who offered to hook us up for $6000
>> [installation].  The two are either Wildblue or Hughes and the Hughes
>> FAP is too restrictive for anyone who might want to download Linux CD's
>> and/or DVD's!
>>     
>
> If you were in Taiwan, then $6K NT isn't bad.  But if you are talking $6K US
> then *OUCH*
>
>   
>> I think I need to use yum to install the RPM's in the F7-DVD.iso file if
>> things are to update properly but I'm not sure how to accomplish that,
>> help appreciated but I am about to investigate that.
>>     
>
> I'm an old hand at this.  I am sure there will be some that will tell you
> that you can set up a "local repo" and use yum.  However, I would simply use
> "rpm -ivh" and if there were any dependency issues I would figure them out
> on my own.
>
> Sometimes experienced people are not always the best source of help.  :-(
>
> Ed
>   
Until yum came along I always waded through the dependencies manually.  
But yum makes it easier, no doubt about that.

I'll try as you suggest and see what happens ...

Bob




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