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== Detailed Description ==
== Detailed Description ==
Assume that a user installed fedora with gnome interface (anaconda will tell him that he may add KDE later), later this user wanted to add KDE offline (from the installation DVD)


Currently we have no way to add software packages from offline media (DVDs/CDs) after installation (Package Kit and yum-cli does not yet support it, and in apt and smart it's broken)
Currently we have no way to add software packages from offline media (DVDs/CDs) after installation (Package Kit and yum-cli does not yet support it, and in apt and smart it's broken)

Latest revision as of 20:08, 19 November 2008

Add support for media repos in packagekit

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This is a feature proposed for new releases of Fedora. It does not reflect any official state

Summary

Allow users to install packages offline from the installation media (using package kit) after the installation.

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Current status

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Detailed Description

Assume that a user installed fedora with gnome interface (anaconda will tell him that he may add KDE later), later this user wanted to add KDE offline (from the installation DVD)

Currently we have no way to add software packages from offline media (DVDs/CDs) after installation (Package Kit and yum-cli does not yet support it, and in apt and smart it's broken)

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=435625

Benefit to Fedora

It helps people with no internet connection.

Scope

requires Package kit API change.

Test Plan

User Experience

Dependencies

Contingency Plan

Documentation

Release Notes