> Just out of curiosity, how would one do that without any of the > package management tools available? Is it with a separate instance of > rpm/yum that is on the rescue disc? But aren't packages like yum and > rpm not relocatable? > > Thanks for any clarifications. > > Actually you don't even have to boot your rescue disc, if the OS ist still booting. Just navigate to the directory in the installation disc, where the rpm (not the src.rpms!!) are and run the command rpm directly: rpm -i yum.xxxxx.rpm If rpm complains about missing packages, it's very likely, that these packages are also on the disc. Rerun the command with rpm -i yum-xxx.rpm whateverismissing-xxx.rpm The command "rpm" ist installed in /bin, as it's a very basic sysadmin tool. It's very unlikely, that rpm depends on yum and thus was hopefully not uninstalled for depency reasons. If you don't have the installation disc, but a fast internet connection, you can also specify the rpm files by a URL of a fedora mirror: rpm -i http://some.mirror.fedora.org/pub/bla/blub/yum-xxx.rpm http://some.mirror.fedora.org/pub/bla/blub/whateverismissing-xxx.rpm greets Boris -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
