Re: Fwd: Software on Instalation CD

From: Aaron Konstam <akonstam(at)sbcglobal.net>
Date: Sun Jan 20 2008 - 17:32:56 EST

On Sun, 2008-01-20 at 22:47 +0100, Vladimir Kovacevic wrote:
> No, still no answer. Is there someone who normally extracted programs
> from F8 instalation DVD after instalation?
> Isn't this a preeeety large bug for a system like Fedora??? Or I'm doing
> something wrong?
>
>
> V. S. Constantine wrote:
>
> >Hi,
> >After installing Fedora8 i386 how can I acces aditional programs on
> >instalation DVD?
> >I tried without success:
> >* Butting again from instalation DVD and go to System update, but there
> >is no option to add aditional software.
> >* From: Applications -> Add/Remove Software but than I get "Retrieving
> >software information" window which stays like
> >that for a large period of time. Even with existance of Internet
> >connection I receive Unhandled exeption...
> >
> >Is this some kind of a bug, and is there a solution?
  

Install from CD

su -
folowed by the root password
enter the command for your favorite editor on the command line followed by an & to start it in a separate session. Type the following lines between the asterisks.

---

[fedora-disk]
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY
name=Fedora $releasever - $basearch
baseurl=file:///cdrom
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1

---

Use the editors "save as" function to save what was typed to a file named
/etc/yum.repos.d/fedora.disk.repo  

Put the fedora disk in the drive. If the automount window comes up on your desktop click on the
"do nothing" option.  

In the terminal session enter the command string  

mkdir /cdrom;mount /dev/cdrom /cdrom  

All the packages on the CD will then be accessible with yum, yumex, package updater or kyum.  

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Received on Sun Jan 20 17:33:54 2008