if the rpms are made tobe relocatable, then only u can install them in the
position u desire!!
Cheout the man page of the rpm.
BTW most of the rpms are not made as relocatable one.
Archan Paul
Lateral Software Technology (Linux Lab)
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Subject: [LI] RPM Destination Directory
>
>
> Hi List,
>
> I am using RedHat 6.1 from PCQ CD.
>
> I have installed Linux with minimal things in a 600 MB native partition,
and
> dedicated my rest of the disk space to Windows. Keeping in mind, that
since
> Linux can access the windows partition too, i will install all the linux
s/w in
> windows partition.
>
> Now when i installed some additional RPMs, they by default get installed
in the
> Linux Native partition. Is there a way, so that i can install them in the
> windows mounted directory (and may be that rpm installation create some
links in
> the appropriate bin, lib directories, but the core bulk of installation
should
> be in windows mounted directory).
>
> TIA
> - Vikram
>
>
>
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