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List:       suse-linux-uk-schools
Subject:    Re: [suse-linux-uk-schools] quick rpm question
From:       Paul Taylor <ptaylor () uklinux ! net>
Date:       2004-11-08 19:56:47
Message-ID: 200411081956.47949.ptaylor () uklinux ! net
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On Monday 08 November 2004 15:21, Thomas Adam wrote:
>  --- Paul Taylor <ptaylor@uklinux.net> wrote:
> > I am looking in my trusty linux in a nutshell and see that typing --root
> > with
> > an rpm file will presumably install in a specified directory?  I want to
> >
> > upgrade some rpm files on a managed server and need it to happen in the
> > virtual directory rather than the server's root.  Can anyone tell me
> > yeah or
> > neah?
>
> I think I see what you're asking, so yes it can happen, but can you
> provide more details as to what a "virtual directory" is?
>
I did solve this one in the end on my own and thought I might but it is always 
useful to add to the general pool of knowledge, be it big or small.
I have a managed server which I use for hosting web sites.  We are a business 
and enterprise school and my 6th form students sell, design and manage web 
sites for companies and schools locally.  On the server, I assume under 
Apache, there are /home/vhosts/blah.blah.com directories for each client.  On 
my school site (one of those directories) I am running EGroupWare (excellent 
Open Source software btw).  On the site it has upgrades for .bin. .rpm 
and .gz.  I don't know why but I thought as the server is Fedora that rpms 
would do the trick but then thought that they are pre-packaged and would 
presumably unload their files into /usr/local or whatever.  As it happened, 
and what I should have realised before posting, was that ssh and .gz unloads 
it exactly where you want it.  The result is a newly updated and happy 
EGroupWare client on the site that I wanted.
Thanks again for your replies, always helpful.
> -- Thomas Adam
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