To set a yum repository i copied all the packages of Server folder from RHEL 5.1 DVD to my /home/repo , Some one told me that before making new repodata , delete the old folder named repodata and a file named TRANS.TBL which already exist in Server folder of RHEL 5.1 DVD.

After this i performed following steps:

1.[root@localhost ~]# cd /home/repo
2.[root@localhost repo]# rpm -ivh createrepo-0.4.4-2.fc6.noarch.rpm
3.[root@localhost repo]# createrepo -v /home/repo/

output of the above command in short is as follows::

I am not showing all the lines.
1/2158
2/2158
3/2158
and so on
.
.

.
2156/2158 - busybox-1.2.0-3.i386.rpm
2157/2158 - vnc-4.1.2-9.el5.i386.rpm
2158/2158 - libvorbis-1.1.2-3.el5.0.i386.rpm

Saving Primary metadata
Saving file lists metadata
Saving other metadata

4. then i created a file
[root@localhost ~]# vi /etc/yum.repos.d/rhel.repo

contents of file are
[RHEL]
name=my repository
baseurl=file:///home/repo/
gpgcheck=0

5. now i am trying yum command

[root@localhost ~]# yum -y install httpd
Loading "rhnplugin" plugin
Loading "installonlyn" plugin
Loading "security" plugin
This system is not registered with RHN.
RHN support will be disabled.
Setting up Install Process
Setting up repositories
Reading repository metadata in from local files
Parsing package install arguments
Setting up repositories
Reading repository metadata in from local files
No Match for argument: httpd
Nothing to do

6. please tell me why instead of installing httpd package the above problem is occurring.
Is there any mistake done by me.

???
just use the install media that is already set up.

also 5.1 is very,very old .The current is RHEL 5.5
please see the red hat sails page and but a license for access to the rhn
http://www.redhat.com/
https://inquiries.redhat.com/go/redh...t_sales&eid=21

Hi

In addition to JohnVV's response above; do you have a subscription for RHEL for this machine?

If so you can register this machine with RHN; and this will automatically configure yum for you; as well as give you access to the latest available packages.

Using the install media as your repo, you're limiting yourself to packages that were released at the time of the creation of that media.

Lastly as per JohnVV, please consider upgrading to RHEL 5 update 5 which is the latest release.

I have no subscription of this machine. It is only for my home use. Previously i configured yum repository and it was working fine with out any RHN registration. But i formatted my system and installed a fresh copy of RHEL 5.1, but now when i trying to configure yum repository it is give the above output when using yum command to install any package.

One thing more also tell me how to update from RHEL 5.1 to RHEL 5.5. Do i need to again install Linux with RHEL 5.5 DVD or by only updating some of the packages of existing RHEL 5.1 .

to upgrade from 5.1 to 5.5 - buy a license from red hat

OR
install CentOS 5.5
http://www.centos.org/

this is the community supported version of RHEL

Here i think the question is on how to make the local repository working on RHEL whether its 5.1 or 5.5. Even i tried the same and got the error. I don't know why its showing error on a local repository. Any answers on creating a working local repository ?

Follow the steps like noted here, this worked perfectly for me.