On 7/20/07, Justin W <jlist@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Kam Leo wrote: > On 7/20/07, Timothy Murphy <tim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> I asked a while ago if there was any way >> of only downloading a package once >> and then installing it on several machine, >> and I was advised that the yum-downloadonly plugin >> would serve this purpose. >> >> I just got round to looking at this, >> and I don't really see how to set this up. >> >> What I would like is an option to yum, say localrepo, >> so that if I say "yum --localrepo update" then >> >> 1. yum will look first to see if the package it wants >> is already in the directory /common/RPMS/ >> (specified in some config file), >> and install it from there if it is found; and > > You do not need the yum-downloadonly plugin. Edit /etc/yum.conf and > change "keepcache=0" to "keepcache=1". All the rpms that yum downloads > will remain in the /var/cache/yum directories (separate directory for > each repo) until you dispose of them (yum clean packages, rm xxx, mv > yyy, etc.). I've been keeping the cache, but now with so many updates, I've got a bunch of older versions which have newer packages also downloaded. Is there a utility which will cleanup the older packages and leave the newer ones? If I can find that, I sure I could then devise a way to combine yum, cron, "that" utility, rsync, createrepo, and the priority plugin for yum to download the minimal amount of stuff for multiple servers/desktops/virtual machines (right now I only have one, and this problem is one of a couple reasons why I haven't expanded yet). > >> 2. If it does not find the package locally >> it will download and install it, >> and save a copy in /common/RPMS . >> >> Is this already available, eg using yum localinstall ? >> >> >> -- >> Timothy Murphy
Try these links: http://blog.kagesenshi.org/2007/01/howto-creating-your-own-yum-rpm.html http://blog.kagesenshi.org/2007/01/howto-mirroring-yum-repositories-using.html
