lost commands

[Michael Schwendt]

On Fri, 23 Apr 2010 00:27:07 +0200, Boris wrote:

> 
> > Just out of curiosity, how would one do that without any of the
> > package management tools available? Is it with a separate instance of
> > rpm/yum that is on the rescue disc? But aren't packages like yum and
> > rpm not relocatable?
> >
> > Thanks for any clarifications.
> >
> >    
> 
> Actually you don't even have to boot your rescue disc, if the OS ist 
> still booting.
> 
> Just navigate to the directory in the installation disc, where the rpm 
> (not the src.rpms!!) are and run  the command rpm directly:
> 
> rpm -i yum.xxxxx.rpm

That won't work if "rpm" is not available anymore (and the "rpm" package
also contains tools like rpm2cpio, so that one is lost, too).