Richard Conway wrote:
Hi,
I'll start with my question, which is 'Is it possible to prepare a
DVD-based yum repository containing the downloaded FC4 updates'.
I've included some more stuff below in case you are interested why I
would want to and what I have tried so far...
I am preparing a standalone platform (no internet) with FC4.
Having installed from DVD I want to apply the latest updates.
I have taken the following approach:
1. Download all updates.
2. Remove old kernel packages from download.
3. Remove i386 packages that are covered by an equivalent i686 package.
4. Burn RPMs to DVD.
I have attempted installation as follows:
- Login as root.
- $ rpm -Fvh /media/cdrecorder/*.rpm
RPMs begin to be installed but eventually it falls over - can't remember
exact error. Anyway I can then individually install the RPM that fell
over without error, perhaps satisfying its dependencies at the! same
time. I can continue with this cycle of error/fix/continue and would
probably eventually get everything updated - but this is not a viable
approach.
Hence, my question - How can I prepare a yum repository on a DVD
containing the download updates? Or, is there another way of acheiving
my goal of installing the updates easily.
Add a step 3.5:
3.5 Create yum metadata for your packages by running "createrepo ." in
the directory containing the RPM files.
Now create a local repo file, /etc/yum.repos.d/mylocal.repo
[localupdates]
name=Fedora Core $releasever - $basearch - Local Updates
baseurl=file:///media/cdrecorder
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora
You should then be able to do a "yum update" using your local repo on
DVD. If you have no Internet connection on the target machine, you'll
need to disable all other repos. You'll also need to figure out how to
create a local version of the [core] repository (possibly on the same
DVD) because updates may add new dependencies on core packages.
Paul.
