Problem with configuring yum to use DVD

cheezmode · 03-15-2007, 04:15 AM

First i created a Yum repository from your my DVD:

# mkdir -p /Fedora/myrepo
# chcon -t mnt_t /Fedora/myrepo

Inserted the fedora DVD, changed to the Fedora/RPMs
directory, and entered:

# rpm -Uvh dvd/Fedora/RPMS/createrepo*
# createrepo -vpo /Fedora/myrepo /mnt/cdrom/Fedora/RPMS/

2.I configured Yum to use the DVD

Edited /etc/yum.repos.d/fedora-core.repo
file and commented out the lines starting with baseurl or mirrorlist.
Lastly,I added:

baseurl=file:///mnt/cdrom

I can remove software but when I tryu to install I get something like this error:

failed to retrieve Fedora/RPMS/joe-3.4-3.i386.rpm from core
error was [Errno 4] IOError: <urlopen error unknown url type: media

my fedora-core.repo in yum.repos.d folder looks as follows:

[core]
name=Fedora Core $releasever - $basearch
#baseurl=http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/$releasever/$basearch/os/
#mirrorlist=http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mirrorlist?repo=core-$releasever&arch=$basearch
baseurl=file:///mnt/cdrom
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY

[core-debuginfo]
name=Fedora Core $releasever - $basearch - Debug
#baseurl=http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/$releasever/$basearch/debug/
#mirrorlist=http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mirrorlist?repo=core-debug-$releasever&arch=$basearch
enabled=0
gpgcheck=0
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY

[core-source]
name=Fedora Core $releasever - Source
#baseurl=http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/$releasever/source/SRPMS/
#mirrorlist=http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mirrorlist?repo=core-source-$releasever&arch=$basearch
#baseurl=file:///mnt/cdrom/
enabled=0
gpgcheck=0
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY

any suggestions? what am i doing wrong? I followed the instructions from the fedora dvd.

nirmaltom · 03-15-2007, 06:54 AM

hi,

/Fedora/myrepo is ur path,i think
try as

baseurl=file:///Fedora/myrepo

regards,
Nirmal Tom.

cheezmode · 03-17-2007, 04:42 AM

thanks man... will try it out ASAP

sn68 · 03-17-2007, 06:46 AM

To use installation DVD as repo for YUM

1. create a .repo file in /etc/yum.repos.d, called fc6dvd.repo
(su && gedit /etc/yum.repos.d/fc6dvd.repo)
copy paste following in that file

Code:

[fc6dvd]
name=Fedora Core 6 Installation DVD
baseurl=file:///media/disk
enabled=1
gpgkey=file:///media/disk/RPM-GPG-KEY
gpgcheck=1

## baseurl : give the path where the repodata folder exists
## gpgkey : give path of folder where RPM-GPG-KEY exists

save and run yum

cheezmode · 03-23-2007, 12:40 AM

Hey! thanks for your reply. But it is still not working. I now get a message like: cannot open/read repomd.xml from fc6dvd.
First I used the repodata folder in the dvd and then i created my own using the createrepo -o /myrepo /mnt/cdrom/Fedora/RPMS command
I get the same error message.

Then one more thing: what do mean by runing yum?
Thanks

Junior Hacker · 03-23-2007, 02:22 AM

Just to clarify

What sn68 said, is to give the complete path to the DVD in baseurl, which should be something like this:

Quote:

/media/FC-6\ x86_64\ DVD/Fedora/RPMS/

For GPG-KEY it should be something like this:

Quote:

/media/FC-6\ x86_64\ DVD/RPM-GPG-KEY

"Run yum" = Go ahead and install with yum, it should install from the DVD. Also, I have x86_64, to get the exact path, put the DVD in the drive, change directory to "me" and hit Tab on the keyboard and bash will complete the word "media", then type "F" and again hit Tab and bash will complete the rest, etc. etc. Then copy & past that command into the file ns68 suggests.

Junior Hacker · 03-23-2007, 02:31 AM

You may have to chage the "RPMS" in baseurl to "repodata". As there is a folder by that name in there which has the repomd.xml

cheezmode · 03-25-2007, 02:17 AM

Thanks man.. will try it out and get back to you...

jay73 · 03-29-2007, 12:13 AM

You can't install packages from DVD/CDs. i thought Fedora Team will sort out this problem in FC6. They didn't.
Solution : For installing Packages from DVD

Put '#' sign before first baseurl line in three files fedora-core.repo, fedora-extras.repo and fedora-updates.repo in folder /etc/yum.repos.d

#baseurl=http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/$releasever/$basearch/os/
add new line below it.
Code:

baseurl=file:///media/disk

---- create a folder 'disk' in /media
Code:

mkdir /media/disk

---- insert Fedora Core DVD and mount it
Code:

mount /dev/hdc /media/disk

---- clean 'yum' cache.
Code:

yum clean all

click on Add/Remove Softwares and install packages from DVD. for installing from internet again, put '#' sign before disk's 'baseurl' line and remove '#' before original 'baseurl' line.

quoted from: http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/red...ugs-fixes.html

kizersouzay · 03-30-2007, 12:43 AM

Well I tried all the suggestions in this post but none of them work.
I am getting the same errno4.
cheezmode did u had any luck!

Junior Hacker · 03-30-2007, 02:11 AM

All other threads with similar questions seem to suggest same thing jay73 points out. In that example they use the disk drive that the disc is in, --> /dev/hdc

Maybe the device you are using is not /dev/hdc, my disc drives are hda & hdb because I have sata hard drive.

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...%27s+yum+repos

kizersouzay · 03-30-2007, 05:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Junior Hacker

All other threads with similar questions seem to suggest same thing jay73 points out. In that example they use the disk drive that the disc is in, --> /dev/hdc

Maybe the device you are using is not /dev/hdc, my disc drives are hda & hdb because I have sata hard drive.

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...%27s+yum+repos

Thats not the problem junior

I always mount it manually and on my laptop its at /dev/hdc

Junior Hacker · 03-30-2007, 06:16 AM

K

Just figured I'd mention it just in case. I remember a couple months ago, someone asked the same question and one of the moderators posted a link to a tutorial that did not resemble any I've seen here lately as I searched for that particular thread. Be damned if I could find it, maybe if I get time I'll backtrack in the Fedora forum. It must have been a good one as the thread starter only replied "Thanks".

jay73 · 03-30-2007, 10:06 AM

Hmm, I remember installing extra packages from dvd when I was still using FC5. As the "recommended" procedure does not appear to work, I did a hunt for the little notebook I made myself at the time. This is what it says:

replace first url line in each file with media disk:
url file:///media/disk

I don't think I had to explicitly mount the disk but I guess that was only because it was automounted.

Note the difference: "url" instead of "baseurl". This did work for me back then but for all I know FC6 may have its own procedure that none of us have been able to figure out yet.

Also make sure that ALL internet repositories are disabled; as long as one is not, yum will try to find it and stumble over it.

kizersouzay · 03-30-2007, 11:18 PM

Ok finally i was able to solve this problem.
Here is the procedure.u need root privileges probably caz i was logged in as root.

1- Copy every thing from you dvd to a folder on your hard drive. say /FC6DVD

Code:

$mkdir /FC6DVD/
$mount /dev/hdc /mnt/cdrom
$cp -R /mnt/cdrom/* /FC6DVD/

2-now use the "createrepo" to make a new reposirory.Make sure use the same directory where your rmps are stored.

Code:

$createrepo -vp -g /FC6DVD/repodata/comps.xml /FC6dVD/Fedora/RPMS

This took almost 5 minutes on my notebook.The "comps.xml" file is used to keep track of groups of packages in yum/pirut.if that is not used u will not get the fancy grouping in yum/pirut

3-now edit the /etc/ yum.repos.d/fedora-core.repo file.
it should look something like this.

Code:

[fc6dvd]
name=Fedora Core 6 Installation DVD
baseurl=file:///FC6DVD/Fedora/RPMS
enabled=1
gpgkey=file:///FC6DVD/RPM-GPG-KEY
gpgcheck=1

4-now clean yum's previous cache

Code:

$yum clean all

5-Run pirut from the GNOME menu by clicking Add/Remove Programs.and it will work good now

Now as far as the above procedure is concerned , it looks similar to the methods posted by others.I think the only diference is that "yum" wants the /repodat/ directory to be at the same place where your rpms are store if u look at the /FC6DVD/Fedora/RPMS directory /repodata/ directory is now created.
Or
May be the repodata directory available on your DVD media is not compatible with your system.Caz it was created somewhere else

The downside is that u have to give ~4gb of hard drive space to save the DVD on your system.