Everything please...

baif · #1 1st March 2006, 03:06 PM

I want a button to install everything that comes with install CDs, please.

The packages install tool - pirut always crashes when I click right mouse button...

***Firewing1*** · #2 1st March 2006, 04:05 PM

I take it you're using fc5t3...
if you are, do

Code:

su -
yum install --disablerepo=* --enablerepo=development *

Firewing1

baif · #3 1st March 2006, 04:18 PM

How can I install the packages from install CDs which are missing from fresh install.

***Firewing1*** · #4 1st March 2006, 04:24 PM

That is how. The base of fc5 -dev ("development") channel goes onto the CD's. That will install what is on the CD's.
If you really wanna know, though, the CD's contain RPMS in:
Fedora/RPMS
To copy all the RPMS & Install them directly from the CD's, type:

Code:

mkdir ~/RPMS

put in CD1, (replace cdmounpoint with your mountpoint)

Code:

cd /media/cdmountpoint/Fedora/RPMS
cp -a * ~/RPMS
cd ~/RPMS
eject /media/cdmountpoint

Repeat for each CD. Then, type

Code:

cd ~/RPMS
su
rpm -Uhv ./*.rpm

Firewing1

baif · #5 2nd March 2006, 02:08 AM

It's very kind you. I just need a button.

Crux · #6 2nd March 2006, 02:32 AM

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It's very kind you. I just need a button.

Go back to WinDOS..

Quote:

Crux, I don't like you except for this part "Closed Source software is the only thing you can legally purchase, and not legally take apart." Go away, please.

Quoted from blue192

You may not LIKE my answers, however they will work...

Jman · #7 2nd March 2006, 03:25 AM

pirut is from the test release and under development, please file bugs as you find them at http://bugzilla.redhat.com. At least it always crashes, intermittent bugs are tricky to track down.

I do not recommend installing everything. It sounds convenient, but yum updates are huge and if there are any conflicts you hit them.

baif · #8 2nd March 2006, 05:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Crux

Go back to WinDOS..

Quoted from blue192

You may not LIKE my answers, however they will work...

Why? I've been with GNU/Linux for so many years.

baif · #9 2nd March 2006, 05:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jman

pirut is from the test release and under development, please file bugs as you find them at http://bugzilla.redhat.com. At least it always crashes, intermittent bugs are tricky to track down.

I do not recommend installing everything. It sounds convenient, but yum updates are huge and if there are any conflicts you hit them.

Oh. It may sound to be very werid, because pirut never(I just test only a few hours, actually) go wrong on my x86_64 box. But always goes wrong on my i386 platform.

Installing everything is to test everything

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***Firewing1*** · #10 2nd March 2006, 02:06 PM

Well, why do you need a button? Once they're installed they're installed. If you've been using Linux for so many years, a terminal shouldn't be that hard, right?
Firewing1

***bob*** · #11 2nd March 2006, 02:13 PM

Well, this creates a button: http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=96317 Of course, it isn't for FC5T3 and it isn't for installing everything - just updating, but I'm sure you can customize it as you need.

zeky · #12 2nd March 2006, 04:00 PM

baif: don't worry, this will work in a final verion, I'm sure.

baif · #13 3rd March 2006, 04:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zeky

baif: don't worry, this will work in a final verion, I'm sure.

well thank you.

le_random · #14 3rd March 2006, 06:49 PM

Yes, you cannot expect something from a testing or development version to work out of the box - Remember that F/OSS needs the community to do both alpha and beta testing - unlike a corporation that can afford to employ monkeys to iron out the major bugs, and then releases beta testing versions fairly late on in the development cycle.

Pirut, and FC5t3 are test releases - if you want a distro that "just works" use the current stable systems, ie. yum / anaconda / FC4

It's why I stick to older FC versions - they don't have all the bells and whistles, but uptime is important to me - my computer is a work tool, so I stick to the stable releases, because I need everything to work.

If you do want to take part in the great public debugging session known as FC5t3, it's important that you file bugzilla reports so they can be fixed in the final release - if you haven't got time, save everyone's pain (including your own) by using a stable release.

I'd especially note that if you want to get FC running with unusual hardware, or laptops with strange chipsets, you will probably be better off using a stable distribution, because then you have more likelyhood of finding people who have already overcome or found a work-around for any problems you are experiencing.

Finally, as has been mentioned above - big shiny buttons are great, and on the final release I would expect nice shiny buttons, but you will get more out of your FC experience if you don't shy away from the command-line tools, especially if those tools are better than the pretty GUIs. In my humble opinion, yum is a fantastic piece of software, and if there is one command line utility that FC users should get to know, it is yum. GUIs like yumex have their place (particularly if you have no idea what name the package has that you need), but for speed and simplicity, yum is the best.

baif · #15 8th March 2006, 10:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jman

pirut is from the test release and under development, please file bugs as you find them at http://bugzilla.redhat.com. At least it always crashes, intermittent bugs are tricky to track down.

I do not recommend installing everything. It sounds convenient, but yum updates are huge and if there are any conflicts you hit them.

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla....cgi?id=184373

Thank you.