Unfortunately I couldn't get any of the options provided working. createrepo doesn't seem to be on the distro disks so I can't even make a local repo on the machine. And also due to the fact that hardware support for my compaq servers has been removed from FC9 I have decided to go back to windowz, much to my annoyance. Thanks for the help anyway. Regards Fred -----Original Message----- From: "Mikkel L. Ellertson" <mikkel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "Community assistance, encouragement, and advice for using Fedora." <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2008 16:03:51 -0500 Subject: Re: Installing software on standalone server > Fred Zinsli wrote: > > I have an FC4 server that is stand alone (lab environement) > > > > How can I configure yum to look at the CDROM drive when I want to > > install new applications? > > > > All I am seeking to do is to install other packages that are on the > > install CDs and I require their respective dependencies to be > installed > > as well. > > > > There is no means for me to be able to connect the server to the > > internet to achieve this. > > > > Yes I know FC4 support is dead, but I can't install FC9 on this > server > > as it seems the hardware support for this sertver has been removed. > > > > Regards > > > > Fred > > > Are the dependencies going to be on the CD? If so, then you will > have to use something like mkrepo (sp) to include repo data on the > CD, and have something like this in your repo list: > > [CD] > name=Fedora-CD $releasever - $basearch > failovermethod=priority > baseurl=file:///mnt/cdrom > enabled=1 > > If the dependencies are somewhere else, you can use > "yum localinstall <package> > > Mikkel > -- > > Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, > for thou art crunchy and taste good with Ketchup! > > -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
