createrepo: packages in local directory

sefaklc · 08-09-2007, 07:14 AM

hi all,
i want to create a repository. My .rpm files are in a local directory.
when i use :

Code:

 [root@localhost Desktop]# createrepo .

it creates folder named 'repodata'. and when i add a .repo file to '/etc/yum.repos.d' it works.when the directory which has .rpm files is read-only. i can't create 'repodata' folder to this directory. i tried -o command but i got error.

Code:

file:///home/sefa/Desktop/repo_2/repodata/repomd.xml: [Errno 5] OSError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/home/sefa/Desktop/repo_2/repodata/repomd.xml'
Trying other mirror.
Error: Cannot open/read repomd.xml file for repository: localrepo_2

maybe i'm not using 'createrepo -o' correctly.
what can i do?

thanks a lot!

Lenard · 08-09-2007, 10:26 AM

Provide the path info, let's say the rpm files are in /MyRepo directroy from this location type:

createrepo MyRepo

The yum repo file for you local repo in /etc/yum.repos.d/ directory will look something like;

[local-media]
name=Local-$releasever - Media
baseurl=file:///MyRepo
gpgcheck=0
enabled=1

sefaklc · 08-10-2007, 01:59 AM

thanks for your reply.
my rpm files are in /home/sefa/Desktop/repo_2 .when i run

Code:

 [root@localhost Desktop]# createrepo repo_2

i get 'Directory must exist ' error. but it works when i write the full path .(createrepo /home/sefa/Desktop/repo_2) .

But the real problem is when i run 'createrepo' it makes a new directory called 'repodata' inside /home/sefa/Desktop/repo_2. when repo_2 is read-only , it won't create 'repodata' inside repo_2.how can i solve this problem?
thanks.

Lenard · 08-10-2007, 04:08 AM

Change the directory permissions to be read/write at least long enough to create the repodata subdirectory and files. Yes you need to supply the full path unless you are in the directory location where the rpm files for the repo reside.

A word of advice: Quit running as root, you do not have to be root to use createrepo or to do 99.99% of anything related to system management. Learn the power of su, sudo, wheel and groups.

sefaklc · 08-10-2007, 05:56 AM

thank you so much for replies.
but i want another solution, without changing permission.

i want to create repodata in another directory.Let you think i'm not root. and i can create repodata directory with

Code:

[sefa@localhost repo_2]$ createrepo -o /home/sefa/Desktop/ .

it creates repodata directory to another location.(to home/sefa/Desktop) but when i try to install a package , it gives me error.
my question may be stupid.but i think that if 'createrepo' give chance to create 'repodata' folder in another location, some method must exist to install packages in this situation.

Lenard · 08-10-2007, 08:03 AM

Quote:

it creates repodata directory to another location.(to home/sefa/Desktop) but when i try to install a package , it gives me error.

And what exactly is this error???? Show the command and the error please.

This;

Quote:

createrepo -o /home/sefa/Desktop/ .

Should be something like;
createrepo -o /home/sefa/Desktop /the/full/path/to/the/RPMfiles

sefaklc · 08-13-2007, 05:50 AM

my rpms are in /home/sefa/Desktop/repo_2
i run this command:

Code:

 createrepo -o /home/sefa/Desktop /home/sefa/Desktop/repo_2

and repodata was created in /home/sefa/Desktop expectedly.
then when i run yum install package.rpm , it gives me:

Code:

file:///home/sefa/Desktop/repo_2/repodata/repomd.xml: [Errno 5] OSError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/home/sefa/Desktop/repo_2/repodata/repomd.xml'
Trying other mirror.
Error: Cannot open/read repomd.xml file for repository: localrepo_2

it is searching repodata inside the folder which rpms hold.
in my config. file in /etc/repos.d
baseurl is /home/sefa/Desktop/repo_2.

i don't need this solution anymore.Maybe it would be useful to someone who encounters the same problem.
thank you.

Lenard · 08-13-2007, 02:58 PM

Once again, please review the /etc/yum.repos.d/ local repo file, the format is for example;

[local-media]
name=Local-$releasever - Media
baseurl=file:///home/sefa/Desktop
gpgcheck=0
enabled=1