craigl Posted May 5, 2004 Report Share Posted May 5, 2004 Hi all: Can't find the answer to this one..excuse me if it's already been asked: Problem: Dialup t home. Solution: High speed at work. So, I used to download upgrdes to fedora, install them in the /var/spool/up2date folder, then run up2date and away it would go. Question: Where are the downloaded urpmi or MandrakeUpdate files stored? Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramfree17 Posted May 5, 2004 Report Share Posted May 5, 2004 its somewhere in /var cant remember but i do remember that urpmi deletes them afterwards. i have this problem too since i only have dialup. my best workaround is to download the packages separately and then install it via urpmi or rpm. ciao! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liquidzoo Posted May 5, 2004 Report Share Posted May 5, 2004 You have to run urpmi with the --noclean option to keep the updates downloaded locally. They're deleted automatically by default. I think they're stored in /var/tmp, but I could be very wrong. Maybe someone else will know exactly where they're stored. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramfree17 Posted May 5, 2004 Report Share Posted May 5, 2004 You have to run urpmi with the --noclean option to keep the updates downloaded locally. cool! is this a new feature or something that i have missed in my 9.1? ciao! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pzatch Posted May 5, 2004 Report Share Posted May 5, 2004 Been there as long as I've used URPMI. A little over a year. Don't see why it wouldn't have always been there since erasing them is an extra step. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvc Posted May 5, 2004 Report Share Posted May 5, 2004 You have to run urpmi with the --noclean option to keep the updates downloaded locally. cool! is this a new feature or something that i have missed in my 9.1? ciao! If I remember rt it was there in 9.1 *cough* man urpmi :D but it didn't work :unsure: ....heh, I don't think it worked until the later updates for 9.2 actually...but I could be mistaken. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spinynorman Posted May 5, 2004 Report Share Posted May 5, 2004 If you use urpmi with the --noclean option, the packages will be left in /var/cache/urpmi/rpms. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramfree17 Posted May 5, 2004 Report Share Posted May 5, 2004 if pzatch is correct then either i am affected by what bvc said or maybe i didnt use it in 9.1? it took a long time for me to upgrade to 9.1 because of time constraints and i havent been using it that much (the whole computer, that is). and now that i am enganged in fighting with my sucky telephone carrier (re: torture by dial-up), i dont think i will be having internet connection at home in the near future. ciao! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gowator Posted May 5, 2004 Report Share Posted May 5, 2004 It was there in 9.1 (definately..... 100% )and 9.0 as well. I remember being incredulous that I could actually use --noclean from the CLI when id spent ages at a friends house with my laptop and his DSL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramfree17 Posted May 6, 2004 Report Share Posted May 6, 2004 im having a memory fit here, i might be confusing urpmi with rpmdrake. does rpmdrake also have this option? heck, does rpmdrake exists on post-9.1 versions? ciao! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ajarn Posted May 22, 2004 Report Share Posted May 22, 2004 sorry for being late at the party. just some usefull/useless info. when you do urpmi, the files get downloaded to /var/cache/urpmi/partial There they stay till the all requested files are downloaded. Only then, they get transfered to /var/cache/urpmi/rpms from where they get installed. so, for whoever finds this intersting, you always can copy them to another location before they get deleted. Ofcourse, you have to watch them all the time, which is not very practical. just a note for who is interested, that's all . cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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