Re: network(ing) rpm(s)

["Paul J. Bell" <paulb nomurany com>]

Tony Nugent wrote:

> On Wed Sep 30 1998 00:00, "Paul J. Bell" wrote:
>
> > can anyone tell me what rpm(s) need to be installed (RedHat
> > 5.1)  to enable networking (not ppp) that was inadvertently
> > omitted from the initial installation?
>
> Oops.
>
> No, not off the top of my head.
>
> But if you have a look through the file RedHat/base/comps on your RedHat
> CDROM you'll see a listing of the install packages grouped into sections.
> Browsing through that will give you a good idea of what you'll need.
>
> But a warning... the order of installing the packages you need might
> become an issue, so take a note of the order of dependencies to figure out
> hwo to put them in cleanly.  I suspect that the netkit-base package might
> need to be the first one to put in.
>
> Otherwise, try a re-install but specify an upgrade, then choose to select
> individual packages (otherwise you might find that *everything* gets
> installed).
>
> Good luck.
>
> Cheers
> Tony
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thanks for the advice,
    -paul


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