[Yum] using yum to recreate all the apps on a given system...

Matthew Miller mattdm at mattdm.org
Sun Apr 24 17:50:18 UTC 2005


On Sun, Apr 24, 2005 at 09:43:15AM -0700, bruce wrote:
> if i have a linux box, and i have it set up with certain apps. is there a
> way i can use yum to essentially replicate this environment on a fresh/new
> box???

Are all of the packages you install part of the main distribution? If so,
you could not even bother with yum and just use kickstart.
<http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/KickStart-HOWTO.html>

Even if you do need packages from other sources, kickstart is a good place
to start. Then, in the postinstall script section of the kickstart file, run
yum with a list of all the packages you want to add. (The new yum scripting
stuff could help with this.)

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