Step by step setup to install or adding software package from Fedora 10 installation DVD

   After you install the Fedora 10, you may need to add or install extra software that available on the Fedora 10 installation DVD.  Make a note that the default source of adding or install software on Fedora is from the internet connection (e.g. Fedora update server). What if you don't have internet connection???.. Please note that Add/Remove Software will not work without internet connection. The article below show the step by step configuration and setup file need to edit in order to enable us to install software package from Fedora 10 installation DVD.  To make sure that we can use Fedora 10 DVD as installation source, follow the step by step example below to edit fedora.repo and fedora-updates.repo file..  If you follow and use this step by step to install software from the Fedora 10 DVD, make a note that the software on Fedora 10 installation DVD may be outdated and you may need update your software from Fedora update server to get newer version of software package.

The step by step below show the repo file need to edit to point to Fedora 10 DVD as repos, and show step by step example to install software from Fedora 10 DVD.

1.  Login on Fedora 10, open shell terminal, if you using the Gnome Desktop you will find terminal under Application -> System Tools -> Terminal.

2.  If you cannot login as root user on Fedora 10, use the su - command to become root user on shell terminal as show on example below.

[fedora10@localhost ~]$ su -

Password:   <--key in your root password here and hit enter key

[root@localhost ~]#

3.  Change working directory to /etc/yum.repos.d/

[root@fedora ~]# cd /etc/yum.repos.d/

[root@fedora yum.repos.d]#

4.  List file inside the yum repos directory.

[root@fedora yum.repos.d]# ls

fedora-rawhide.repo  fedora-updates.repo

fedora.repo          fedora-updates-testing.repo

[root@fedora yum.repos.d]#

5.  It is recomended that you make backup for each file inside the /etc/yum.repos.d/ directory.  The example below show the most simple backup method using cp command.

[root@fedora yum.repos.d]# cp -pr fedora.repo fedora.repo.bak                                     

[root@fedora yum.repos.d]# cp -pr fedora-updates.repo fedora-updates.repo.bak                     

[root@fedora yum.repos.d]# cp -pr fedora-updates-testing.repo fedora-updates-testing.repo.bak     

[root@fedora yum.repos.d]# cp -pr fedora-rawhide.repo fedora-rawhide.repo.bak

[root@fedora yum.repos.d]#

6.  Then verify that all the repo file is backup using ls command.

[root@fedora yum.repos.d]# ls

fedora-rawhide.repo      fedora.repo      fedora-updates.repo      fedora-updates-testing.repo

fedora-rawhide.repo.bak  fedora.repo.bak  fedora-updates.repo.bak  fedora-updates-testing.repo.bak

[root@fedora yum.repos.d]#

Make Fedora 10 DVD repo

   Usually if you insert the Fedora 10 installation DVD, the system mount the Fedora 10 DVD to something like /media/Fedora 10 i368 DVD.  The procedure below show step to edit fedora.repo file to point to Fedora 10 installation DVD as the software package installation source (repo source).

1. Make sure that your Fedora 10 DVD is auto mount by the system when you insert the Fedora 10 installation DVD on the DVD drive.  You can verify by checking on Computer properties and DVD icon on the Desktop, as show on figure below.

2.  Use any text editor of your choice to edit the fedora.repo configuration file. 

Add the line baseurl=file:///media/Fedora%2010%20i386%20DVD/ to enable the Fedora 10 DVD to be source of software package repo for Fedora software installation.

Make sure you disable #baseurl and #mirrorlist by put the # sign in front of the line

The example below use gedit editor to edit fedora.repo repo file.

[root@fedora yum.repos.d]# gedit fedora.repo &

[fedora]

name=Fedora $releasever - $basearch

failovermethod=priority

baseurl=file:///media/Fedora%2010%20i386%20DVD/

#baseurl=http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/$releasever/Everything/$basearch/os/

#mirrorlist=http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mirrorlist?repo=fedora-$releasever&arch=$basearch

enabled=1

gpgcheck=1

gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora-$basearch

[fedora-debuginfo]

name=Fedora $releasever - $basearch - Debug

failovermethod=priority

#baseurl=http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/$releasever/Everything/$basearch/debug/

mirrorlist=http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mirrorlist?repo=fedora-debug-$releasever&arch=$basearch

enabled=0

gpgcheck=1

gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora-$basearch

[fedora-source]

name=Fedora $releasever - Source

failovermethod=priority

#baseurl=http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/$releasever/Everything/source/SRPMS/

mirrorlist=http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mirrorlist?repo=fedora-source-$releasever&arch=$basearch

enabled=0

gpgcheck=1

gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora-$basearch

[root@fedora yum.repos.d]#

3.  Then edit fedora-updates.repo, make sure that we disable the fedora-updates.repo from enabled=1 to enabled=0 as show on example below.

[root@fedora yum.repos.d]# gedit fedora-updates.repo &

[updates]

name=Fedora $releasever - $basearch - Updates

failovermethod=priority

#baseurl=http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/updates/$releasever/$basearch/

mirrorlist=http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mirrorlist?repo=updates-released-f$releasever&arch=$basearch

enabled=0

gpgcheck=1

gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora-$basearch

[updates-debuginfo]

name=Fedora $releasever - $basearch - Updates - Debug

failovermethod=priority

#baseurl=http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/updates/$releasever/$basearch/debug/

mirrorlist=http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mirrorlist?repo=updates-released-debug-f$releasever&arch=$basearch

enabled=0

gpgcheck=1

gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora-$basearch

[updates-source]

name=Fedora $releasever - Updates Source

failovermethod=priority

#baseurl=http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/updates/$releasever/SRPMS/

mirrorlist=http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mirrorlist?repo=updates-released-source-f$releasever&arch=$basearch

enabled=0

gpgcheck=1

gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora-$basearch

[root@fedora yum.repos.d]#

4.  Then check the fedora-updates-testing.repo and fedora-rawhide.repo, make sure they also disable.

Install and Add software from Fedora 10 installation DVD

   Now you can start to install software package from Fedora 10 DVD.  The example below show the step by step using yum package management manager to install software package on Fedora 10, you also can choose yum manager or using graphical tools available Fedora 10 Administration menu.

Example on using yum manager to add software package from Fedora 10 DVD:

1.  If you get yum error message, try to clean all yum cache first:  The example below show the command to remove all yum cache.

[root@fedora yum.repos.d]# yum clean all

Loaded plugins: refresh-packagekit

Cleaning up Everything

[root@fedora yum.repos.d]#

2.  Install software package on Fedora 10 using Fedora 10 DVD as software package repo:

[root@fedora yum.repos.d]# yum -y install squid*

Loaded plugins: refresh-packagekit

Setting up Install Process

Parsing package install arguments

Resolving Dependencies

--> Running transaction check

---> Package squid.i386 7:3.0.STABLE10-1.fc10 set to be updated

--> Finished Dependency Resolution

Dependencies Resolved

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 Package       Arch         Version                         Repository      Size

=================================================================================

Installing:

 squid         i386         7:3.0.STABLE10-1.fc10           fedora         1.6 M

Transaction Summary

=================================================================================

Install      1 Package(s)

Update       0 Package(s)

Remove       0 Package(s)

Total download size: 1.6 M

Downloading Packages:

Running rpm_check_debug

Running Transaction Test

Finished Transaction Test

Transaction Test Succeeded

Running Transaction

  Installing     : squid                                                     1/1

Unable to send message to PackageKit

Installed:

  squid.i386 7:3.0.STABLE10-1.fc10

Complete!

[root@fedora yum.repos.d]#

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