in my case, though i specified "localinstall", yum would still try to download updates, it installs from the locally mounted FC6 CD but still tries to download updates which makes it slow especially if you're connected on a slow ISP.
On 4/21/07, Ian Dexter R. Marquez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On 4/20/07, Amir Joven <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > you might also need to create a local yum repository for fast installation > because yum will attempt to download packages from the net. > For a newbie (no offense meant), this might be a bit more involved, but a good exercise nevertheless. To the OP: if you still have the install CDs/DVD, use yum localinstall /path/to/mounted/install/CD/RPMS/gnome-desktop If you have net connection, yum groupinstall "GNOME Desktop Environment" man yum for more details. Hope this helps. -- Ian Dexter R. Marquez http://iandexter.net | [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://feeds.feedburner.com/Coredump _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
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