[TriLUG] good newbie book

[Lisa Lorenzin]

On Thu, 29 Nov 2001, Robert Wagoner wrote:

> 1.  Install the rpmdb-redhat package.
> This lets you examine all the packages on the CDs, not just the ones
> you've installed.  

thanks, robert - that looks like exactly what i was seeking. :)  i'll give 
it a try this weekend.

> 3.  The installer's list of sets of packages is on the first CD, at
> /RedHat/base/comps which is fairly easy to read.  So, if you decide
> post-installation that you *do* want KDE after all, you can cut all
> the
> relevant package names, then issue
> 
> rpm -Uvh pkg1 pkg2 pkg3 ...
> 
> and go have dinner while it grinds through them all, instead of
> installing
> one at a time.

ooh, spiff. :)  poking through the man page, it looks like the default 
behavior in rpm is to re-order the packages to satisfy dependencies, so i 
shouldn't even have to figure out what order they need to go in...  i'll 
have to pick something random to add on and give that one a try, too.

thanks so much!

						lisa

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