dan1 wrote: > Hello. > > I have installed CentOS 4 on a server in a hosting company and I > realise that not all packages have been installed. > I would like to install all packages exactly like it is when we click > on 'install everything' from the CentOS 4 installation. > Is there a way of doing so with 'yum install' something ? My goal is > to have the exact replicate as the default CentOS 4 'install > everything' option. > I am in fear that there would be other packages installed than only > the ones from the default CentOS install by typing 'yum install *' if > this is possible. > > Thanks, > Daniel Hi Daniel, If the server has the DVD in the drive could you not simply do:- rpm -Uvh *.rpm from the RPMS directory on the DVD. Afterwards just run 'yum update' to apply in recent package updates. Apologies if I'm not understanding your situation correctly. Regards Lee