Getting yum to use RPMs from local disk

[Anoop Chandran]

Hey Guys,

I had selected the "Customize later" option, while installing
FC6. Now I have the dumped the rpms to my disk and want yum
to use the rpms in local disk., rather than getting them from the
repositories.

For eg. yum groupinstall "development tools" should start picking
the rpms which I've dumped to the local disk.

I tried setting up a web server on local box and configring yum to use
it. however it wasn't entirely successful.

Can this be done? Is there an easier method (other than going to
online repositories) or am I missing any options of yum?

Regards
Anoop

[Paul Howarth]

Anoop Chandran wrote:
>  Hey Guys,
>  
>  I had selected the "Customize later" option, while installing
>  FC6. Now I have the dumped the rpms to my disk and want yum
>  to use the rpms in local disk., rather than getting them from the
>  repositories.
>  
>  For eg. yum groupinstall "development tools" should start picking
>  the rpms which I've dumped to the local disk.
>  
>  I tried setting up a web server on local box and configring yum to use
>  it. however it wasn't entirely successful.
>  
>  Can this be done? Is there an easier method (other than going to
>  online repositories) or am I missing any options of yum? 
Try creating your own copy of the repodata using "createrepo". Supposing 
you have your FC6 RPMs copied to /srv/distros/fc6/i386/RPMS, try this:

1. Copy the comps.xml file from the repodata directory on your install 
media to /srv/distros/fc6/i386

$ cd /srv/distros/fc6/i386
$ createrepo -g comps.xml .

Then point yum at the /srv/distros/fc6/i386 directory for your core repo 
and see how it goes.

Paul.

[A Yagi]

Anoop Chandran wrote:
>  Hey Guys,
>  
>  I had selected the "Customize later" option, while installing
>  FC6. Now I have the dumped the rpms to my disk and want yum
>  to use the rpms in local disk., rather than getting them from the
>  repositories.
>  
>  For eg. yum groupinstall "development tools" should start picking
>  the rpms which I've dumped to the local disk.
>  
>  I tried setting up a web server on local box and configring yum to use
>  it. however it wasn't entirely successful.
>  
>  Can this be done? Is there an easier method (other than going to
>  online repositories) or am I missing any options of yum?
>  
>  Regards
>  Anoop 
If you copied rpm files from the DVD, you do not need to run createrepo 
because the repodata directory is included.  But if you copied rpm's 
from individual CD's, then you need to create the repodata by running 
createrepo.  Either way, once you have them ready and suppose your 
repodata directory is in /pathto/fc6, add this line to the .repo file:

baseurl=file:///pathto/fc6

Note the three slashes.

Akemi

[Anoop Chandran]

cool .. I'll try it out.
Will keep you posted.


On 11/3/06, A Yagi <ayagi(a)scripps.edu&gt; wrote:
>  Anoop Chandran wrote:
>  > Hey Guys,
>  >
>  > I had selected the "Customize later" option, while installing
>  > FC6. Now I have the dumped the rpms to my disk and want yum
>  > to use the rpms in local disk., rather than getting them from the
>  > repositories.
>  >
>  > For eg. yum groupinstall "development tools" should start picking
>  > the rpms which I've dumped to the local disk.
>  >
>  > I tried setting up a web server on local box and configring yum to use
>  > it. however it wasn't entirely successful.
>  >
>  > Can this be done? Is there an easier method (other than going to
>  > online repositories) or am I missing any options of yum?
>  >
>  > Regards
>  > Anoop
>
>  If you copied rpm files from the DVD, you do not need to run createrepo
>  because the repodata directory is included.  But if you copied rpm's
>  from individual CD's, then you need to create the repodata by running
>  createrepo.  Either way, once you have them ready and suppose your
>  repodata directory is in /pathto/fc6, add this line to the .repo file:
>
>  baseurl=file:///pathto/fc6
>
>  Note the three slashes.
>
>  Akemi
>
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[Anoop Chandran]

That was as easy as eating a pie. :)
Thanks guys.

On 11/3/06, Anoop Chandran <anoopcj(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote:
>  cool .. I'll try it out.
>  Will keep you posted.
>
>
>  On 11/3/06, A Yagi <ayagi(a)scripps.edu&gt; wrote:
>  >
>  > Anoop Chandran wrote:
>  > > Hey Guys,
>  > >
>  > > I had selected the "Customize later" option, while installing
>  > > FC6. Now I have the dumped the rpms to my disk and want yum
>  > > to use the rpms in local disk., rather than getting them from the
>  > > repositories.
>  > >
>  > > For eg. yum groupinstall "development tools" should start picking
>  > > the rpms which I've dumped to the local disk.
>  > >
>  > > I tried setting up a web server on local box and configring yum to use
>  >
>  > > it. however it wasn't entirely successful.
>  > >
>  > > Can this be done? Is there an easier method (other than going to
>  > > online repositories) or am I missing any options of yum?
>  > >
>  > > Regards
>  > > Anoop
>  >
>  > If you copied rpm files from the DVD, you do not need to run createrepo
>  > because the repodata directory is included.  But if you copied rpm's
>  > from individual CD's, then you need to create the repodata by running
>  > createrepo.  Either way, once you have them ready and suppose your
>  > repodata directory is in /pathto/fc6, add this line to the .repo file:
>  >
>  > baseurl=file:///pathto/fc6
>  >
>  > Note the three slashes.
>  >
>  > Akemi
>  >
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>
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