[CentOS] Centos issues

[John]

On Sat, 2008-04-12 at 09:28 -0500, Johnny Hughes wrote:
> hamood Iqbal wrote:
> > Thanks a ot john,
> > 
> > i installed yumex and it works perfect.
> > 
> > after installing yumex centos package manager is also working.
> > 
> > still confused how to add dvd as repo
> > 
> > i found the CentOS-Media.repo  can you just tell me how to add centos
> > dvd which is in E: drive to this file.
> > 
> > Thanks a lot . and  your are rite abt suse . i hope i never have to go back.
> > 
> > 
> 
> Firstly ... installing from the DVD is problematic, as there are 
> continually updates being added between releases of the DVD and you 
> should really install from the Internet (or a locally updated mirror) 
> instead using the defualt Yumex or yum configs.
> 
> What this means is that packages from the DVD "Might Not Work" if you 
> have done any updates at all since the install.  (If foo-1.1.1 was on 
> the DVD and we have released foo-1.1.2 as an update ... and if bar-1.1.1 
> is on the DVD and it needs foo-1.1.1 ... but bar-1.1.2 is also an update 
> ... and if you try to install bar-1.1.1 from the DVD it will not 
> install.  However, yum install bar (which will get bar-1.1.2 from 
> updates) will work.
> 
> SO ... after install (if you have done any updates), you should not use 
> the DVD for installing packages any more as it is just a point in time 
> copy of the bigger tree.
> 
> If you insist on doing it anyway, it should work if you do this:
> 
> yum --disablerepo=* --enablerepo=c5-media install <package>

Well, that's why it wouldn't work for him. I give the wrong repo
example.

> 
> substitute the packages you want to install for <package>
> 
> Thanks,
> Johnny Hughes
> 
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