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[Henne Vogelsang <hvogel@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

On Tuesday, June 24, 2008 at 18:46:53, Mohit Verma wrote:
> Henne Vogelsang wrote:
> > On Tuesday, June 24, 2008 at 18:25:09, Mohit Verma wrote:
> > > Henne Vogelsang wrote:
> > > > On Tuesday, June 24, 2008 at 18:16:45, Mohit Verma wrote:
> > > > > Henne Vogelsang wrote:
> > > > > > 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:
> > > > > > > >                                
> > > > > > > > > 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 
> > > > > > > >                               
> > > > > > > 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
> > > > > 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?
> > > > >         
> > > > An rpm is a container with files in it (plus more). So if i install
> > > > blah.rpm and this add the programm /usr/bin/blah to my system i can
> > > > backup /usr/bin/blah without having to worry about the rpm right? Thats
> > > > what im saying.
> > > >         
> > > yeah i got the rpm being a container part and that the thing gets 
> > > installed somewhere (/usr/bin, /bin, /etc etc...) but don't you think 
> > > it'll be cumbersome to find all the places where my softwares get 
> > > installed and then back them up.
> >
> > Sure. If you want to backup everything...
> >  
> > > see whats the point of using rpm then?
> >
> > Using rpm has nothing to do with backup at all.
> >
> > > thats why i want the rpm packages to be backed up rather than the 
> > > installed files.
> >
> > You might want to re-think and think trough what you want to achive.
> now do you think it is possible to backup my softwares from the files
> in /usr/bin in one place and  then later install (some of them or all
> of them as i wish) on a fresh installation?

Yes you can do that with rpmrebuild. But i think you "just" want to
mirror the installation source and use zypper sa -k. Using rpmrebuild
will not give you exaclty the same rpm's. 

Henne

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