Few days ago someone asked me how to configure yum repository. Configuring DVD as local yum repository is very straightforward .
First insert Linux ISO in DVD.
Then mount DVD in linux
mount -t iso9660 -o ro /dev/hdc /mnt
where /dev/hdc is device name of dvd. You can find this name by df -h command
[root@yum-local-server Server]# df -h
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/mapper/VolGroup00-LogVol00
5.8G 2.2G 3.3G 40% /
/dev/sda1 99M 13M 82M 14% /boot
tmpfs 1006M 0 1006M 0% /dev/shm
/dev/hdc 3.6G 3.6G 0 100% /media/RHEL_5.7 x86_64 DVD
/dev/hdc 3.6G 3.6G 0 100% /mnt
once dvd is mounted go to /mnt directory and do ll you should see Server directory (Linux 5)
now you need to configure yum configuration file to use DVD as yum repository
Create a file with extension repo (.repo) in /etc/yum.repos.d/ directory
[root@yum-local-server Server]# vi /etc/yum.repos.d/dvd.repo [dvd] name=local dvd repo baseurl=file:///mnt/Server enabled=1 gpgcheck=0
Now issue command
[root@yum-local-server Server]# yum repolist Loaded plugins: product-id, security, subscription-manager Updating Red Hat repositories. repo id repo name status dvd local dvd repo 3,261 repolist: 3,261 [root@yum-local-server Server]#
you will see repo as dvd
now just try to search for telnet package
[root@yum-local-server Server]# yum search telnet Loaded plugins: product-id, security, subscription-manager Updating Red Hat repositories. =========================================================================== Matched: telnet ============================================================================ telnet.x86_64 : The client program for the telnet remote login protocol. telnet-server.x86_64 : The server program for the telnet remote login protocol. mtr.x86_64 : A network diagnostic tool. conman.x86_64 : ConMan - The Console Manager curl.i386 : A utility for getting files from remote servers (FTP, HTTP, and others). curl.x86_64 : A utility for getting files from remote servers (FTP, HTTP, and others). curl-devel.i386 : Files needed for building applications with libcurl. curl-devel.x86_64 : Files needed for building applications with libcurl. expect.i386 : A program-script interaction and testing utility expect.x86_64 : A program-script interaction and testing utility expect-devel.i386 : A program-script interaction and testing utility expect-devel.x86_64 : A program-script interaction and testing utility expectk.x86_64 : A program-script interaction and testing utility krb5-workstation.x86_64 : Kerberos 5 programs for use on workstations. perl-Net-Telnet.noarch : Net-Telnet Perl module pexpect.noarch : Pure Python Expect-like module screen.x86_64 : A screen manager that supports multiple logins on one terminal tcp_wrappers.i386 : A security tool which acts as a wrapper for TCP daemons. tcp_wrappers.x86_64 : A security tool which acts as a wrapper for TCP daemons. tn5250.x86_64 : 5250 Telnet protocol and Terminal x3270-text.x86_64 : IBM 3278/3279 terminal emulator for text mode x3270-x11.x86_64 : IBM 3278/3279 terminal emulator for the X Window System [root@yum-local-server Server]#
Now you are good to go to install any package (if it is present in repository)
I hope you have liked this tutorial
Thanks and see you in next tutorial
