Listmates, Over the past 2 weeks, I have be working to set up a local update repository that serves the 6 or so other boxes in the house. After having gone through the pases, I thought I would pass on the results -- It works great! The biggest benefit is that it eliminates all of the download time for updates, etc. I gave it a try tonight with: [04:26 nemesis/etc/zypp/repos.d] # zypper up -r 3111updt -t package Reading installed packages... The following packages are going to be upgraded: libwbclient0 libqt4-devel ghostscript-fonts-other libgomp43 libgcj_bc43 OpenOffice_org-calc perl-Event digikamimageplugins-superimpose libqt4-x11 libmpfr1 samba-client perl-XML-Parser gstreamer-0_10-lang gimp-plugins-python soprano libkdcraw3 libkexiv2-3 mysql-client libstrigi0 OpenOffice_org-impress libgcj43-jar libqt4 acroread spamassassin OpenOffice_org MyODBC-unixODBC digikam openal libkipi0 libgcj43-devel OpenOffice_org-filters mozilla-nss strigi-devel cifs-mount OpenOffice_org-writer bluez-utils strigi kdebase3-nsplugin libobjc43 clucene-core-devel libstdc++43-devel libqt4-devel-doc libgcc43 libsmbclient0 gimp-ufraw cpp43 gwenview mozilla-nspr OpenOffice_org-kde OpenOffice_org-base libsmbclient-devel ufraw perl-HTML-Parser gcc43 perl-Data-ShowTable xalan-j2 libqt4-devel-doc-data qt3-devel-doc inst-source-utils oxygen-icon-theme update-alternatives oxygen-icon-theme-scalable kdelibs3-devel-doc clucene-core OpenOffice_org-draw python-gobject2 libmysqlclient15 kipi-plugins libqt4-sql-sqlite gcc43-objc libqt4-sql libstdc++43 java-1_6_0-sun-plugin OpenOffice_org-mailmerge gstreamer-0_10-plugins-good digikamimageplugins libtalloc1 libadns1 libsoprano-devel libgstinterfaces-0_10-0 gstreamer-0_10-plugins-base-lang gstreamer-0_10-plugins-base libQtWebKit4 OpenOffice_org-pyuno keepassx libsoprano4 libmysqlclient_r15 libtdb1 ghostscript-library digikam-lang libgstreamer-0_10-0 php5-pear libgpod-tools libqt4-qt3support libqt4-sql-unixODBC samba gimp-lang gmp-devel java-1_6_0-sun ghostscript-fonts-std gcc43-c++ gimp kdiff3 gwenview-lang libgcj43 libgimpprint ghostscript-omni gcc43-info OpenOffice_org-icon-themes xerces-j2-xml-apis gimp-help xerces-j2 build libfaac0 libdvdcss faad2 libmpeg2-0 lame libmpeg2convert0 libdvdcss-devel libdca0 libmp4v2-0 libfaad0 liba52-0 libmp3lame0 faac transcode mysql perl-spamassassin python-sip fdupes gstreamer-0_10 jhead OpenOffice_org-math ghostscript-x11 gmp The following NEW packages are going to be installed: kipi-plugins-lang libgpod4 libtheoraenc1 libkdcraw3-lang OpenOffice_org-branding-upstream libtheoradec1 OpenOffice_org-l10n-en-US libkonq5 The following package is going to be REMOVED: libkonq4 The following packages are going to change vendor: libqt4-devel OpenOffice_org-calc libqt4-x11 perl-XML-Parser soprano libkdcraw3 libkexiv2-3 mysql-client libstrigi0 OpenOffice_org-impress libqt4 OpenOffice_org MyODBC-unixODBC libkipi0 OpenOffice_org-filters mozilla-nss strigi-devel OpenOffice_org-writer strigi kdebase3-nsplugin clucene-core-devel libqt4-devel-doc mozilla-nspr OpenOffice_org-kde OpenOffice_org-base perl-HTML-Parser perl-Data-ShowTable xalan-j2 libqt4-devel-doc-data inst-source-utils oxygen-icon-theme update-alternatives oxygen-icon-theme-scalable OpenOffice_org-draw python-gobject2 libmysqlclient15 libqt4-sql-sqlite libqt4-sql OpenOffice_org-mailmerge libsoprano-devel libQtWebKit4 OpenOffice_org-pyuno libsoprano4 libmysqlclient_r15 libqt4-qt3support libqt4-sql-unixODBC xerces-j2-xml-apis xerces-j2 build mysql fdupes jhead OpenOffice_org-math Overall download size: 489.5 M. After the operation, additional 123.1 M will be used. Continue? [YES/no]: yes And after hitting go, there was *zero* discernible download time, so the only time taken to update is just the time it takes to do the install. Bottom line, for me, it was well worth the time to set up. I am also working on a howto page that goes through the setup and then has the scripts need to maintain and update your local repository. I'll post that when it is done. **IN THE MEAN TIME IF YOU ARE THINKING ABOUT A LOCAL UPDATE REPO ** Go back and set the '-k' (--keeppackages) option on all the repos you want to save the rpms from so you can start building your local cache. Just use: zypper mr -k alias to start caching packages. You can also just edit the repo files in /etc/zypp/repos.d/ and set keeppackages=1 in the ones you want to cache packages for. -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org