[newbie] Download the rpm directly instead of urpmi

2004-12-08 Thread Fajar Priyanto
Hi folks, Can I download the rpm directly from Mdk's update repository and then install it manually instead of using urpmi? The reason is that I want to download the rpm through my colo server first (it has better speed), and then download it to my notebook (the speed should be much better,

Re: [newbie] Download the rpm directly instead of urpmi

2004-12-08 Thread Anders Lind
On Wed, 8 Dec 2004 20:24:58 +0700 Fajar Priyanto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi folks, Can I download the rpm directly from Mdk's update repository and then install it manually instead of using urpmi? The reason is that I want to download the rpm through my colo server first (it has

Re: [newbie] Download the rpm directly instead of urpmi

2004-12-08 Thread Mikkel L. Ellertson
Fajar Priyanto wrote: Hi folks, Can I download the rpm directly from Mdk's update repository and then install it manually instead of using urpmi? The reason is that I want to download the rpm through my colo server first (it has better speed), and then download it to my notebook (the speed

Re: [newbie] Download the rpm directly instead of urpmi

2004-12-08 Thread Wojciech Podgrni
Uytkownik Fajar Priyanto napisa: Hi folks, Can I download the rpm directly from Mdk's update repository and then install it manually instead of using urpmi? The reason is that I want to download the rpm through my colo server first (it has better speed), and then download it to my notebook (the

Re: [newbie] Download the rpm directly instead of urpmi

2004-12-08 Thread bascule
no reason why not, use urpmi --test to check that you don't need to download dependencies as well, if so, download those, put all in a directory and then run 'urpmi namesofrpmshere', urpmi is usually better to use on an rpm than rpm itself since you will get more useful info regarding

Re: [newbie] Download the rpm directly instead of urpmi

2004-12-08 Thread John Layt
On Thu, 9 Dec 2004 00:24, Fajar Priyanto wrote: Hi folks, Can I download the rpm directly from Mdk's update repository and then install it manually instead of using urpmi? The reason is that I want to download the rpm through my colo server first (it has better speed), and then download it

Re: [newbie] Download the rpm directly instead of urpmi

2004-12-08 Thread Fajar Priyanto
On Thursday 09 December 2004 03:48 am, John Layt wrote: I keep a local mirror of all the Mandrake / Club / PLF / etc RPMs on my USB2 drive, and have these defined as Local Sources in urpmi. While there are fancy sync tools to automate the process, I just fire up gftp every week or so and use

Re: [newbie] Download the rpm directly instead of urpmi

2004-12-08 Thread Duncan Anderson
Fajar Priyanto wrote: Thanks folks, I've just got wake up (4.00 am now), and ready to install the bunch of RPMs that I've downloaded last night. About the gftp.. I didn't know that it has comparison ability. It's cool. I think I'll use it. Have fun. I do that sort of thing all the time. We