Curtis Higgins wrote: > My ultimate goal would be to have the nfs mount self contained. If > all the libiries and dependencies need to be installed in /usr/local, > then that is fine with me. I'm not doing this for any reason other > than to learn how to do it. At some point I'd envision using this set > up in an academic setting with many computers. > This is rather hard. The somewhat easy way is to use PATH and LD_LIBRARY_PATH. For example, I like to have a copy of gparted handy in /opt/gparted, complete with the required libraries. What I did was : - put binaries in /opt/gparted/bin - put libraries in /opt/gparted/lib - setup a wrapper script, gparted.sh, like this : #!/bin/bash export PATH=/opt/gparted/bin:$PATH export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/gparted/lib gparted This method is handy for simple programs. If it also needs other resources (e.g. configuration files, icons, etc.) you might have to tweak a lot of settings. Another way to to this is by compiling programs specific to a certain path. For example, blastwave.org's packages for solaris is self-contained in /opt/csw. All binaries, libraries, and other files are there. It requires special compilation options (for example, by using -R/opt/csw/lib). > Would rpm source files be an option? Can yum resolve the dependincies > on rpm source files? And, can you modify where the rpm scource files > install to, and use yum to handle all the other stuff? I was thinking > of writing a wrapper script that I can use to get everything self > contained on the nfs mount. > > Also, what steps would I need to go through to either move, or copy a > program from one location to another. ie Copy the bin, then the > libiries, then ??? > There is no generic way that is guaranteed to work for all programs. So in short, don't use RPM and yum for this purpose. If you're looking for a centralized root filesystem, then I'd suggest you use either : - nfsroot - thin client (LTSP, xrdp, etc.) -- Fajar
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