gnome/kde "add or remove packages" utility

[Paul Howarth]

On Tue, 2004-11-16 at 15:11 -0800, ian douglas wrote:
> However, this "Add or Remove Programs" software doesn't seem to have any 
> way to install packages (or groups of packages) via FTP in the same 
> fashion. I don't want to have to burn all 4 CD's to add one or two 
> utilities, and would much rather use that software to, say, add Gnome, 
> after an installation was already finished, than to reinstall the whole 
> OS all over again to select that option.
> 
> Any suggestions? Feedback? Should I submit this feature to the Fedora 
> crew? (install RPMs the same was as "linux askmethod" allows: CDROM, HD, 
> HTTP, FTP, NFS)

system-config-packages --
tree=ftp://ftp.example.com/path/to/.discinfo/dir

Paul.
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Paul Howarth <paul at city-fan.org>