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[Mohit Verma <mohit.verma.in@xxxxxxxxx>]

Henne Vogelsang wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Tuesday, June 24, 2008 at 15:43:40, Mohit Verma wrote:
>   
> > CyberOrg wrote:
> >     
> > > On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 3:14 PM, Mohit Verma <mohit.verma.in@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >   
> > >       
> > > > i have been using suse for a while but i hadn't been bothered about this
> > > > before... can some tell me where do all the rpm files go when i install
> > > > files through yast. and is there a way to create a backup for them...?
> > > >
> > > >     
> > > >         
> > > Add a repository with -k option, like this:
> > >
> > > zypper sa -k http://www.opensuse-education.org/download/repo/1.0/11.0/ edu
> > >
> > > The rpms would remain in /var/cache/zypp even after installation.
> > >       
> > so unless i don't use -k , my rpm packages aren't saved on my computer? is 
> > there anyway i can recover the packages i have already installed?
> >     
>
> You have the files on disk. So save what is there. If you really need
> packages instead of files you can try a tool like rpmrebuild. Its on
> 11.0
>
> http://packages.opensuse-community.org/index.jsp?searchTerm=rpmrebuild&distro=openSUSE_110
>
> Henne
>
>   
what files on the disk are you referring to? how can i create a backup 
of all the softwares installed without using the rpm files?
mohit
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