Getting yum to use RPMs from local disk

[Anoop Chandran]

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

On 11/3/06, Anoop Chandran <anoopcj at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> cool .. I'll try it out.
> Will keep you posted.
>
>
> On 11/3/06, A Yagi <ayagi at scripps.edu> 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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