Does DNF support P2P LAN installations (like Flatpak appears to)?

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  1. Document P2P support of the install command · Issue #1329 · flatpak/flatpak · GitHub
  2. Document P2P support of the install command · Issue #1329 · flatpak/flatpak · GitHub

The aforementioned describe how flatpak supports P2P installations across a LAN. Does dnf5 provide equivalent functionality (and by default)?

I ask because:

  1. I frequently want to install an .RPM package that another machine in my LAN has installed, but does not retain the .RPM for (unless, like on AOSP, the original installer is always retained).
  2. I always have Cat7+ LAN connections.
  3. I am occasionally offline for hours at a time.
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Hi Mr B…
You might consider standing up a local repo for this …

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@einer, the reason I’ve asked is because I’d like to maintain as little infrastructure as is possible.

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On one of your machines you may configure it to retain the downloaded rpms and act as a local repo. It does not necessarily need to be a full mirror repo, but then would have the currently installed software from which the other machines may draw.

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Of course Vladislav had already posted a solution, as usual. I swear I might as well just ask that man 1:1 all my questions.

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LOL!!!
He is a prolific fixer :slight_smile:

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