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 >>
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 -- Henne Vogelsang, openSUSE. Everybody has a plan, until they get hit. - Mike Tyson -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org