[SOLVED] where are yum downloaded packages saved....??

dEnDrOn · 07-01-2011, 12:23 AM

whenever i need to install a thing,i just do "yum install"....
i need to know where all those RPMs are saved for future use...??
i know something about

Code:

var/cache/yum

but i don't find all packages there...
can

Code:

yum.conf

help a bit...??
but i can't find it too...!!

EricTRA · 07-01-2011, 01:11 AM

Hello,

Look in your yum.conf file, do you have by any chance set the keepcache variable to 0? If so, then your packages will be deleted from cache after successful installation. If you want to keep the packages set that variable to 1.

The packages are normally saved to /var/yum/cache in subdirectories that reflect your configured repositories, that is, the name of the subdirectory will be the name you've given to the repository in your .repo files.

Kind regards,

Eric

knudfl · 07-01-2011, 01:11 AM

The packages will be saved in /var/cache/yum/<repo-name>/packages/

... when you have edited the /etc/yum.conf
from : keepcache=0 to : keepcache=1

dEnDrOn · 07-01-2011, 01:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by knudfl

The packages will be saved in /var/cache/yum/<repo-name>/packages/

... when you have edited the /etc/yum.conf
from : keepcache=0 to : keepcache=1

as i said earlier i knew the method to sort the problem but i can't edit the file without "root" permission....please elaborate how to edit such protected files.....

EricTRA · 07-01-2011, 01:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dEnDrOn

as i said earlier i knew the method to sort the problem but i can't edit the file without "root" permission....please elaborate how to edit such protected files.....

Hi,

Where did you say that? Nothing found about that problem in your original post. As a regular user you don't have permissions to edit those files, so you either ask your admin to grant you permissions (with sudo for example) or you ask him to make the change. Security exists for a reason.

Kind regards,

Eric

dEnDrOn · 07-01-2011, 01:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by EricTRA

Hi,

Where did you say that?

i actually said that i had the idea of "yum.conf" and the cache where the rpms are stored but i don't know the way to edit yum.conf through terminal...

knudfl · 07-01-2011, 01:33 AM

1) su

2) gedit /etc/yum.conf

dEnDrOn · 07-01-2011, 01:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by knudfl

1) su

2) gedit /etc/yum.conf

Code:

gedit /etc/yum.conf

output:

Code:

(gedit:9208): EggSMClient-WARNING **: Failed to connect to the session manager: None of the authentication protocols specified are supported

g_dbus_connection_real_closed: Remote peer vanished with error: Underlying GIOStream returned 0 bytes on an async read (g-io-error-quark, 0). Exiting.
Terminated