how do I install a local rpm

[Lane Brooks]

I have a few local rpm files that are not part of a yum repo that I 
would like to install on my live cd.  What is the recommended way to do 
that?

Thanks,
Lane

[Patrice Guay]

Lane Brooks wrote:
>  I have a few local rpm files that are not part of a yum repo that I
>  would like to install on my live cd.  What is the recommended way to
>  do that?
>  
If you are using the livecd-creator script, use the "--shell" switch. It
will let you customize your live CD.

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Patrice

[Lane Brooks]

How do I make the rpms visible to the livecd-creator shell though?
livecd-creator does a chroot and I do not know how to make the rpms 
visible since they are sitting on my local drive.

Lane

Patrice Guay wrote:
>  Lane Brooks wrote:
> > I have a few local rpm files that are not part of a yum repo that I
> > would like to install on my live cd.  What is the recommended way to
> > do that?
> >
>  If you are using the livecd-creator script, use the "--shell" switch. It
>  will let you customize your live CD.
>  
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[Patrice Guay]

Lane Brooks wrote:
> >> I have a few local rpm files that are not part of a yum repo
> that I
> >> would like to install on my live cd.  What is the recommended way to
> >> do that?
> >>
> > If you are using the livecd-creator script, use the "--shell" switch. It
> > will let you customize your live CD.
> >
>  How do I make the rpms visible to the livecd-creator shell though?
>  livecd-creator does a chroot and I do not know how to make the rpms
>  visible since they are sitting on my local drive.
>  
You can put the rpms on a server and fetch the files with wget or scp.
You can also put the files on a removable media (CD-ROM, usb key, floppy
disk). This option will require much effort since you will have to mount
the media inside the chroot environment before getting access to the files.

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Patrice

[Douglas McClendon]

Lane Brooks wrote:
>  I have a few local rpm files that are not part of a yum repo that I 
>  would like to install on my live cd.  What is the recommended way to do 
>  that? 
# on the host build system
yum install createrepo

mkdir /var/tmp/myrepo
cp /path/to/my/*.rpm /var/tmp/myrepo/
createrepo /var/tmp/myrepo

then in your kickstart (this is for livecd-creator, probably similar for 
revisor),  add something like


repo --name=myrepo --baseurl=file:///var/tmp/myrepo

then add your rpm names to the package list.

I'm a bit annoyed as to how hard it seems (from what little I've looked so far) 
to add arbitrary files, given the chroot.  But for rpms, the above is pretty 
simple really.

-dmc

[Lane Brooks]

Great.  That worked perfectly.  Thanks.

Lane

Douglas McClendon wrote:
>  Lane Brooks wrote:
> > I have a few local rpm files that are not part of a yum repo that I 
> > would like to install on my live cd.  What is the recommended way to 
> > do that?
>  
>  # on the host build system
>  yum install createrepo
>  
>  mkdir /var/tmp/myrepo
>  cp /path/to/my/*.rpm /var/tmp/myrepo/
>  createrepo /var/tmp/myrepo
>  
>  then in your kickstart (this is for livecd-creator, probably similar for 
>  revisor),  add something like
>  
>  
>  repo --name=myrepo --baseurl=file:///var/tmp/myrepo
>  
>  then add your rpm names to the package list.
>  
>  I'm a bit annoyed as to how hard it seems (from what little I've looked 
>  so far) to add arbitrary files, given the chroot.  But for rpms, the 
>  above is pretty simple really.
>  
>  -dmc
>  
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