Hi All, we have several servers at a colo facility, and it is located in Los Angeles, but I have a question, what happens if we need to load a RPM on those systems (example in this case would be webalizer, which is on the SuSE 8.0 CD's), now since the machines are there, and we are else where, how does one accomplish this feat? -Bill
we have several servers at a colo facility, and it is located in Los Angeles, but I have a question, what happens if we need to load a RPM on those systems (example in this case would be webalizer, which is on the SuSE 8.0 CD's), now since the machines are there, and we are else where, how does one accomplish this feat?
Two realistic options... * If you know that you have all dependencies fulfilled, you could scp the rpms onto the machines and install. * If you're not sure about the dep's, and you'd like to let YaST sort it out for you, set it up to use a SuSE FTP mirror as it's installation source then install what you need, and let YaST sort out the dep's. James -- James Ogley, Unix Systems Administrator, Pinnacle Insurance Plc james.ogley@pinnacle.co.uk www.pinnacle.co.uk +44 (0) 20 8731 3619 Using Free Software since 1994, running GNU/Linux (SuSE 8.1) Updated GNOME RPMs for SuSE Linux: www.usr-local-bin.org *********************************************************************** CONFIDENTIALITY. This e-mail and any attachments are confidential and may also be privileged. If you are not the named recipient, please notify the sender immediately and do not disclose the contents to another person, use it for any purpose, or store or copy the information in any medium. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the sender specifically states them to be the views of Pinnacle Insurance Plc. If you have received this e-mail in error please immediately notify our Helpdesk on +44 (0) 20 8207 9555. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept by MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses. www.mimesweeper.com **********************************************************************
On Monday 04 November 2002 4:55 pm, James Ogley wrote:
we have several servers at a colo facility, and it is located in Los Angeles, but I have a question, what happens if we need to load a RPM on those systems (example in this case would be webalizer, which is on the SuSE 8.0 CD's), now since the machines are there, and we are else where, how does one accomplish this feat?
Two realistic options...
* If you know that you have all dependencies fulfilled, you could scp the rpms onto the machines and install. * If you're not sure about the dep's, and you'd like to let YaST sort it out for you, set it up to use a SuSE FTP mirror as it's installation source then install what you need, and let YaST sort out the dep's.
James
Does the second option really work? I've never been able to set up YaST to use anything other than CD or DVD for installation. Directly clicking on an rpm gives you the option to install that rpm but then if you have a set of rpm's (say, xine, for example) that's not viable, especially if you don't know the dependencies. rpm from the commandline works for installing en mass, but I'd really like to see YaST functionality improve (that is, at least be able to do what is seems it says it can do). Hey, but maybe it's me. Maybe I'm just doing something wrong. Eddie
Does the second option really work? I've never been able to set up YaST to use anything other than CD or DVD for installation. Directly clicking on an rpm gives you the option to install that rpm but then if you have a set of rpm's (say, xine, for example) that's not viable, especially if you don't know the dependencies. rpm from the commandline works for installing en mass, but I'd really like to see YaST functionality improve (that is, at least be able to do what is seems it says it can do). Hey, but maybe it's me. Maybe I'm just doing something wrong.
It works for me in 8.1 at least, I can't remember if it worked in 8.0 But I never bother with the CDs now if I want to install an extra package. It's just like the good ol' days of 6.3 which is when I last remember it really working ;) -- James Ogley, Unix Systems Administrator, Pinnacle Insurance Plc james.ogley@pinnacle.co.uk www.pinnacle.co.uk +44 (0) 20 8731 3619 Using Free Software since 1994, running GNU/Linux (SuSE 8.1) Updated GNOME RPMs for SuSE Linux: www.usr-local-bin.org *********************************************************************** CONFIDENTIALITY. This e-mail and any attachments are confidential and may also be privileged. If you are not the named recipient, please notify the sender immediately and do not disclose the contents to another person, use it for any purpose, or store or copy the information in any medium. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the sender specifically states them to be the views of Pinnacle Insurance Plc. If you have received this e-mail in error please immediately notify our Helpdesk on +44 (0) 20 8207 9555. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept by MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses. www.mimesweeper.com **********************************************************************
Hi, Just use grab or apt4rpm to install RPMs with automatic dependency resolution. For more detailed instruction, go here -> http://snow.prohosting.com/guru4mac/smart_rpm_mgt.html On Tuesday, November 5, 2002, at 10:46 AM, James Ogley wrote:
Does the second option really work? I've never been able to set up YaST to use anything other than CD or DVD for installation. Directly clicking on an rpm gives you the option to install that rpm but then if you have a set of rpm's (say, xine, for example) that's not viable, especially if you don't know the dependencies. rpm from the commandline works for installing en mass, but I'd really like to see YaST functionality improve (that is, at least be able to do what is seems it says it can do). Hey, but maybe it's me. Maybe I'm just doing something wrong.
It works for me in 8.1 at least, I can't remember if it worked in 8.0
But I never bother with the CDs now if I want to install an extra package.
It's just like the good ol' days of 6.3 which is when I last remember it really working ;) -- James Ogley, Unix Systems Administrator, Pinnacle Insurance Plc james.ogley@pinnacle.co.uk www.pinnacle.co.uk +44 (0) 20 8731 3619 Using Free Software since 1994, running GNU/Linux (SuSE 8.1) Updated GNOME RPMs for SuSE Linux: www.usr-local-bin.org
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Hi What I would do, is to either 1) upload the rpm to one of the servers, Then "ssh" in there, and install the rpm from the text-console. 2) ssh in to the server, and get the rpm with ftp from somewhere (SuSEs web maybe?) If You have high bandhwidth, You could do "ssh -X root@<server>", and You can then use kpackage etc.. all the graphical stuff.. The reason for getting the RPM to local server is that then you are certain that there is no network-hiccups etc, that could do some harm. Yast2 allows installing directly from web, but I would not recommend that.. Downloading the rpm is much better way. Jaska. On Monday 04 November 2002 18:52, Bill Parker wrote:
Hi All,
we have several servers at a colo facility, and it is located in Los Angeles, but I have a question, what happens if we need to load a RPM on those systems (example in this case would be webalizer, which is on the SuSE 8.0 CD's), now since the machines are there, and we are else where, how does one accomplish this feat?
-Bill
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we have several servers at a colo facility, and it is located in Los Angeles, but I have a question, what happens if we need to load a RPM on those systems (example in this case would be webalizer, which is on the SuSE 8.0 CD's), now since the machines are there, and we are else where, how does one accomplish this feat?
You can just take the file from the CD and copy it with scp or sftp to the remote server. Then a SSH login as root will enable you to run the appropriate rpm command. I hope I'm not saying something obvious. If not, let me know and I will give you the details. - -- Thibaut Cousin E-mail : cousin@in2p3.fr Web : http://clrwww.in2p3.fr -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE9xqgIv1vqsTa1E4oRAl1iAJ9lMMuJJJ+YZmu9V6nBhyMjKrp5AwCfep7E /fKkGLBCZ46XAM2X3+7rm9c= =viaC -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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