Unable to use YUM command by using repository of unconnected computer

yasasvi srikanth · 09-11-2009, 05:56 AM

Dear friend,
The os I am using is RHEL5.

I have problem in using installation by "yum command"

I have saved all the pakages present on the Server folder of RHEL5-DVD on
"/repo". And I have Edited the yum configuration file and given the "base url as:///repo" and "enabled = 0" .

Now when I use the command "yum install packagename", It is giving me an error message .

j_jerry · 09-11-2009, 06:04 AM

please post the message

acid_kewpie · 09-11-2009, 06:04 AM

care too tell us what that error message actually is, or is it secret?

colucix · 09-11-2009, 06:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by yasasvi srikanth

I have saved all the pakages present on the Server folder of RHEL5-DVD on "/repo". And I have Edited the yum configuration file and given the "base url as:///repo" and "enabled = 0".

Unless you missed some information on what you've exactly done, this is not the correct way to create a local repository. First you have to create the metadata for your local repository using the command createrepo (maybe you have to previously install it):

Code:

createrepo /repo

then you have to add a custom repository file in /etc/yum.repos.d/. For example name it RHEL-Local.repo and put something like:

Code:

[localrepo]
name=RHEL-$releasever - Local Repository
baseurl=file:///repo/
enabled=1
gpgcheck=0

Hope this helps!