On Sun, 29 Jul 2012 21:10:23 +0200 Patrick Dupre <pdupre@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello, > > At home I have a slow internet connection, Thus, I would like to > prepare an update but only download the packages to another > machine and then copy the file on a stick to make the update from > the stick. > > How can I do it? > > Thank. > > I update my laptop at work and rsync to other machines when I get home. Here's a variation on that: ... On fasthost, modify /etc/yum.conf to set keepcache=1. ... If you've not set keepcache before, then you may still end up downloading ... dependencies (to slowhost) not kept on fasthost from previous runs. fasthost# yum install/update [ --downloadonly ] THE-PACKAGES-I-WANT fasthost# rsync -avP --include='*/' --include='*rpm' --exclude='*' /var/cache/yum/ /media/STICK/yum/ ... go home ... slowhost# (edit /etc/yum.conf to set keepcache=1) slowhost# rsync -avP /media/STICK/yum/ /var/cache/yum/ slowhost# yum update/install This will only copy the RPMs; yum will still download metadata (see yum.conf for "metadata_expire"). ... optionally, rsync RPMs back to STICK, then back to fasthost -- 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 Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
